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UV Continuum Slope and Dust Obscuration from z ∼ 6 to z ∼ 2: The Star Formation Rate Density at High Redshift

  • Authors: R. J. Bouwens, G. D. Illingworth, M. Franx, R.-R. Chary, G. R. Meurer, C. J. Conselice, H. Ford, M. Giavalisco, and P. van Dokkum

BOUWENS et al. 2009 The Astrophysical Journal 705 936.

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Caption: Figure 1.

Illustration of the deep near-IR data available over the two GOODS fields. Deep near-IR data are essential for measurements of the UV-continuum slope of galaxies at z gsim 5 and valuable for a measurement of these slopes at z ~ 4. The red and dark red regions correspond to regions with deep and very deep NICMOS J 110 and H 160 coverage, respectively (5σ depths gsim26.5 and gsim28 AB mag). The light orange regions have deep NICMOS H 160-band coverage (5σ depths of gsim26.5; H. Teplitz et al. 2009, in preparation; C. Conselice et al. 2009, in preparation) while the magenta regions have deep NICMOS J 110-band coverage (5σ depths of gsim26.5; R.J. Bouwens et al. 2009, in preparation). The blue and dark blue regions correspond to regions with deep and very deep optical ACS V 606 i 775 z 850 coverage, respectively (5σ depths of gsim28 and gsim29 AB mag). For more details on the NICMOS data over the two GOODS fields, see Bouwens et al. (2008) and R. J. Bouwens et al. (2009, in preparation).

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