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First Spectroscopic Measurements of [O III] Emission from Lyα Selected Field Galaxies at z ∼ 3.1

  • Authors: Emily M. McLinden, Steven L. Finkelstein, James E. Rhoads, Sangeeta Malhotra, Pascale Hibon, Mark L. A. Richardson, Giovanni Cresci, Andreas Quirrenbach, Anna Pasquali, Fuyan Bian, Xiaohui Fan, and Charles E. Woodward

McLinden et al. 2011 The Astrophysical Journal 730 136.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Hectospec optical spectra used for confirmation of the objects as LAEs at z ~ 3.1. LAE40844 has an additional feature, a "blue bump," at λ~ 4990 Å, which is discussed in Section 3.4. The spike seen near 4982 Å is noise and not an additional feature.

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