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A large population of galaxies 9 to 12 billion years back in the history of the Universe

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  • O. Le Fèvre

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • S. Paltani

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • S. Arnouts

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • S. Charlot

    (Max Planck Institut fur Astrophysik
    Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095)

  • S. Foucaud

    (IASF-INAF)

  • O. Ilbert

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I
    Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia)

  • H. J. McCracken

    (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095
    Observatoire de Paris, LERMA)

  • G. Zamorani

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • D. Bottini

    (IASF-INAF)

  • B. Garilli

    (IASF-INAF)

  • V. Le Brun

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • D. Maccagni

    (IASF-INAF)

  • J. P. Picat

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UMR 5572))

  • R. Scaramella

    (IRA-INAF)

  • M. Scodeggio

    (IASF-INAF)

  • L. Tresse

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • G. Vettolani

    (IRA-INAF)

  • A. Zanichelli

    (IRA-INAF)

  • C. Adami

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • S. Bardelli

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • M. Bolzonella

    (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia)

  • A. Cappi

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • P. Ciliegi

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • T. Contini

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UMR 5572))

  • P. Franzetti

    (IASF-INAF)

  • I. Gavignaud

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UMR 5572)
    European Southern Observatory)

  • L. Guzzo

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

  • A. Iovino

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

  • B. Marano

    (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia)

  • C. Marinoni

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

  • A. Mazure

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • B. Meneux

    (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I)

  • R. Merighi

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • R. Pellò

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UMR 5572))

  • A. Pollo

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

  • L. Pozzetti

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • M. Radovich

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)

  • E. Zucca

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • M. Arnaboldi

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)

  • M. Bondi

    (IRA-INAF)

  • A. Bongiorno

    (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia)

  • G. Busarello

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)

  • L. Gregorini

    (IRA-INAF)

  • F. Lamareille

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UMR 5572))

  • G. Mathez

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UMR 5572))

  • Y. Mellier

    (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095
    Observatoire de Paris, LERMA)

  • P. Merluzzi

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)

  • V. Ripepi

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)

  • D. Rizzo

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (UMR 5572))

Abstract

Well red A survey of the distant Universe has revealed a much larger population of star-forming galaxies at high cosmological redshift than was previously known. A count of 970 galaxies with redshifts between 1.4 and 5 is a several-fold increase on previous estimates. Knowledge of the number of galaxies present in the Universe at each epoch is an important constraint on models of galaxy evolution.

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  • O. Le Fèvre & S. Paltani & S. Arnouts & S. Charlot & S. Foucaud & O. Ilbert & H. J. McCracken & G. Zamorani & D. Bottini & B. Garilli & V. Le Brun & D. Maccagni & J. P. Picat & R. Scaramella & M. Scod, 2005. "A large population of galaxies 9 to 12 billion years back in the history of the Universe," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7058), pages 519-521, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:437:y:2005:i:7058:d:10.1038_nature03979
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03979
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