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A Search for Emission Line Galaxies at z = 6.5

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Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution

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We are carrying out a search for Lyα emitting galaxies at z = 6.5 employing slitless spectroscopy at the VLT. In our 43 arcmin2 field we find three isolated single emission lines with SEDs consistent with line emitting galaxies at z = 6.5.

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  1. INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125, Firenze, Italy

    Jaron Kurk, Andrea Cimatti, Sperello di Serego Alighieri & Joël Vernet

  2. ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748, Garching bei München, Germany

    Emanuele Daddi

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  1. Jaron Kurk
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Alvio Renzini Ralf Bender

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Kurk, J., Cimatti, A., di Serego Alighieri, S., Vernet, J., Daddi, E. A Search for Emission Line Galaxies at z = 6.5. In: Renzini, A., Bender, R. (eds) Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10995020_82

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