Galaxy Evolution from QSO Absorption--Selected Samples
| dc.creator | Steidel, C. | |
| dc.creator | Dickinson, M. | |
| dc.date | 1994-09-23 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:19:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:19:24Z | |
| dc.description | We present results of surveys for high redshift field galaxies selected by their having produced detectable absorption in the spectra of background QSOs. Such surveys, in essence selected by gas cross-section rather than by flux density, are almost completely independent of the conventional magnitude--limited redshift survey, and allow one to follow objects of normal luminosity well beyond $z\sim 1$, the redshift at which many of the standard techniques break down. We summarize the principal results for our completed survey at $z \le 1$, and give the preliminary results of a second survey designed to extend the sample to $z=1.6$. A general conclusion is that normal field galaxies exhibit strikingly little evolution in their space density, luminosity, and optical/IR colors to redshifts as high as $z\sim 1.5$. We discuss both the techniques involved and the implications of the results. | |
| dc.description | from 35th Herstmonceaux Conference, "Wide Field Spectroscopy and the Distant Universe", 13 pages, compressed, uuencoded postscript, CSR-94-23 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9409061 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9409061 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/9855 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Galaxy Evolution from QSO Absorption--Selected Samples | |
| dc.type | text |