The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Redshift Identification of Single-Line Emission Galaxies

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dc.creatorKirby, E. N.
dc.creatorGuhathakurta, P.
dc.creatorFaber, S. M.
dc.creatorKoo, D. C.
dc.creatorWeiner, B. J.
dc.creatorCooper, M. C.
dc.date2007-01-25
dc.date2007-01-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:21:37Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:21:37Z
dc.descriptionWe present two methods for determining spectroscopic redshifts of galaxies in the DEEP2 survey which display only one identifiable feature, an emission line, in the observed spectrum ("single-line galaxies"). First, we assume each single line is one of the four brightest lines accessible to DEEP2: Halpha, [OIII] 5007, Hbeta, or [OII] 3727. Then, we supplement spectral information with BRI photometry. The first method, parameter space proximity (PSP), calculates the distance of a single-line galaxy to galaxies of known redshift in (B-R), (R-I), R, observed wavelength parameter space. The second method is an artificial neural network (ANN). Prior information, such as allowable line widths and ratios, rules out one or more of the four lines for some galaxies in both methods. Based on analyses of evaluation sets, both methods are nearly perfect at identifying blended [OII] doublets. Of the lines identified as Halpha in the PSP and ANN methods, 91.4% and 94.2% respectively are accurate. Although the methods are not this accurate at discriminating between [OIII] and Hbeta, they can identify a single line as one of the two, and the ANN method in particular unambiguously identifies many [OIII] lines. From a sample of 640 single-line spectra, the methods determine the identities of 401 (62.7%) and 472 (73.8%) single lines, respectively, at accuracies similar to those found in the evaluation sets.
dc.description11 pages, 6 figures, accepted to ApJ
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701747
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701747
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.660:62-71,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/513464
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/175237
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Redshift Identification of Single-Line Emission Galaxies
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