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A Highly Complete Spectroscopic Survey of the GOODS-N Field* ** ***

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, , Citation A. J. Barger et al 2008 ApJ 689 687 DOI 10.1086/592735

0004-637X/689/2/687

Abstract

We present a table of redshifts for 2907 galaxies and stars in the 145 arcmin2 HST ACS GOODS-North, making this the most spectroscopically complete redshift sample obtained to date in a field of this size. We also include the redshifts, where available, in a table containing just under 7000 galaxies from the ACS area with Ks, AB < 24.5 measured from a deep Ks image obtained with WIRCam on the CFHT, as well as in a table containing 1016 sources with NUVAB < 25 and 478 sources with FUVAB < 25.5 (there is considerable overlap) measured from the deep GALEX images in the ACS area. Finally, we include the redshifts, where available, in a table containing the 1199 24 μm sources to 80 μJy measured from the wider area Spitzer GOODS-North. The redshift identifications are greater than 90% complete to magnitudes of F 435WAB = 24.5, F 850LPAB = 23.3, and Ks, AB = 21.5, and to 24 μm fluxes of 250 μJy. An extensive analysis of these data appear in a companion paper, but here we test the efficiency of color-selection techniques to identify populations of high-redshift galaxies and active galactic nuclei. We also examine the feasibility of doing tomography of the intergalactic medium with a 30 m telescope.

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Footnotes

  • Based in part on data obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and NASA and was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.

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    Based in part on data obtained at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, which is operated by the National Research Council of Canada, the Institut des Sciences de l'Univers of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and the University of Hawaii.

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    Based in part on data collected at the Subaru Telescope, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

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10.1086/592735