Poster
Résumé
: We
investigate the nature and the physical
properties of z, Y and, J‐dropouts
galaxies selected behind the lensing
cluster A2667. This field is part of our
project aimed at identifying z~7‐10
candidates accessible to spectroscopic
studies, based on deep photometry with
ESO/VLT HAWK‐I and FORS2 (zYJH and
Ks‐band images, AB(3 sigma)~26‐27) on a
sample of lensing clusters extracted
from our multi‐wavelength combined
surveys with SPITZER, HST, and Herschel.
We have selected 1 J‐dropout, 8 Y‐drops
and 1 z‐drops within the common field of
~33 arcmin2 (effective area once
corrected for contamination and lensing
dilution). All of them are detected in H
and Ks bands in addition to J and/or
IRAC 3.6/4.5, with H(AB)~23.4 to 26.5,
and have modest magnification factors.
Although best‐fit photometric redshifts
place all these candidates at high‐z,
the contamination by low‐z interlopers
is estimated at 50‐75% level based on
previous studies, and the comparison
with the blank‐field WIRCAM Ultra‐Deep
Survey (WUDS). The same result is
obtained when photometric redshifts
include a luminosity prior, allowing us
to remove half of the original sample as
likely z~1.7‐3 interlopers with young
stellar pulsations and strong
extinction. Two additional sources among
the remaining sample could be identified
at low‐z based on a detection on
Herschel data. Another source, our
J-drop candidate, was also removed from
our original high-z sample using
X-Shooter observations. These
low‐z interlopers are not well described
by current templates given the large
break, and cannot be easily identified
based solely on optical and near‐IR
photometry. Given the estimated dust
extinction and high SFRs, some of them
could be also detected in the IR or
sub‐mm bands. After correction for
likely contaminants, the observed counts
at z>7.5 seem to be in agreement with
an evolving LF. We are able to
constraint the bright end of the LF at
z~8 and 9 after correction for
contamination and incompleteness. Our
results are consistent with previous
studies.
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Bibliographie
- "The
bright end of the luminosity function at
z ~ 9" Laporte et al., 2012, A&A,
2012, 542L...31L
- "A
peculiar galaxy appears at redshift 11:
properties of a moderate-redshift
interloper" Hayes, Laporte et al., 2012,
MNRAS, 425L...19H
- "Far-infrared
constraints on the contamination by
dust-obscured galaxies of high-z dropout
searches" Boone et al., 2011, A&A,
534A...124B
- "Optical
dropout galaxies lensed by the cluster
A2667" Laporte, Pello et al., 2011,
A&A, 531A...74L
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