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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We present a sample of ∼1000 emission-line galaxies at z = 0.4–4.7 from the
    ∼0.7deg2 High-z Emission-Line Survey in the Boötes field identified with a suite
    of six narrow-band filters at ≈0.4–2.1 μm. These galaxies have been selected on
    their Ly α (73), [O II] (285), H β/[O III] (387) or H α (362) emission line, and
    have been classified with optical to near-infrared colours. A subsample of 98
    sources have reliable redshifts from multiple narrow-band (e.g. [O II]–H α) detections
    and/or spectroscopy. In this survey paper, we present the observations, selection
    and catalogues of emitters. We measure number densities of Ly α, [O II], H β/[O III]
    and H α and confirm strong luminosity evolution in star-forming galaxies from
    z ∼ 0.4 to ∼5, in agreement with previous results. To demonstrate the usefulness
    of dual-line emitters, we use the sample of dual [O II]–H α emitters to measure
    the observed [O II]/H α ratio at z = 1.47. The observed [O II]/H α ratio increases
    significantly from 0.40 ± 0.01 at z = 0.1 to 0.52 ± 0.05 at z = 1.47, which we
    attribute to either decreasing dust attenuation with redshift, or due to a bias
    in the (typically) fibre measurements in the local Universe that only measure
    the central kpc regions. At the bright end, we find that both the H α and Ly α
    number densities at z ≈ 2.2 deviate significantly from a Schechter form, following
    a power law. We show that this is driven entirely by an increasing X-ray/active
    galactic nucleus fraction with line luminosity, which reaches ≈100 per cent at
    line luminosities L ≳ 3 × 1044 erg s−1.
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article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Jorryt J
  full_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
  id: 7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
  last_name: Matthee
  orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
- first_name: David
  full_name: Sobral, David
  last_name: Sobral
- first_name: Philip
  full_name: Best, Philip
  last_name: Best
- first_name: Ian
  full_name: Smail, Ian
  last_name: Smail
- first_name: Fuyan
  full_name: Bian, Fuyan
  last_name: Bian
- first_name: Behnam
  full_name: Darvish, Behnam
  last_name: Darvish
- first_name: Huub
  full_name: Röttgering, Huub
  last_name: Röttgering
- first_name: Xiaohui
  full_name: Fan, Xiaohui
  last_name: Fan
citation:
  ama: 'Matthee JJ, Sobral D, Best P, et al. Boötes-HiZELS: An optical to near-infrared
    survey of emission-line galaxies at z = 0.4–4.7. <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal
    Astronomical Society</i>. 2017;471(1):629-649. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1569">10.1093/mnras/stx1569</a>'
  apa: 'Matthee, J. J., Sobral, D., Best, P., Smail, I., Bian, F., Darvish, B., …
    Fan, X. (2017). Boötes-HiZELS: An optical to near-infrared survey of emission-line
    galaxies at z = 0.4–4.7. <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>.
    Oxford University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1569">https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1569</a>'
  chicago: 'Matthee, Jorryt J, David Sobral, Philip Best, Ian Smail, Fuyan Bian, Behnam
    Darvish, Huub Röttgering, and Xiaohui Fan. “Boötes-HiZELS: An Optical to near-Infrared
    Survey of Emission-Line Galaxies at z = 0.4–4.7.” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal
    Astronomical Society</i>. Oxford University Press, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1569">https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1569</a>.'
  ieee: 'J. J. Matthee <i>et al.</i>, “Boötes-HiZELS: An optical to near-infrared
    survey of emission-line galaxies at z = 0.4–4.7,” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal
    Astronomical Society</i>, vol. 471, no. 1. Oxford University Press, pp. 629–649,
    2017.'
  ista: 'Matthee JJ, Sobral D, Best P, Smail I, Bian F, Darvish B, Röttgering H, Fan
    X. 2017. Boötes-HiZELS: An optical to near-infrared survey of emission-line galaxies
    at z = 0.4–4.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471(1), 629–649.'
  mla: 'Matthee, Jorryt J., et al. “Boötes-HiZELS: An Optical to near-Infrared Survey
    of Emission-Line Galaxies at z = 0.4–4.7.” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
    Society</i>, vol. 471, no. 1, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 629–49, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1569">10.1093/mnras/stx1569</a>.'
  short: J.J. Matthee, D. Sobral, P. Best, I. Smail, F. Bian, B. Darvish, H. Röttgering,
    X. Fan, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471 (2017) 629–649.
date_created: 2022-07-12T11:01:35Z
date_published: 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-19T07:15:14Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1569
extern: '1'
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '1702.04721'
intvolume: '       471'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- Space and Planetary Science
- Astronomy and Astrophysics galaxies
- active
- galaxies
- evolution
- galaxies
- high-redshift
- galaxies
- luminosity function
- mass function
- 'galaxies: star formation'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.04721
month: '10'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 629-649
publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0035-8711
  - 1365-2966
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: 'Boötes-HiZELS: An optical to near-infrared survey of emission-line galaxies
  at z = 0.4–4.7'
type: journal_article
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volume: 471
year: '2017'
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