%0 Generic %1 forrest2017discovery %A Forrest, Ben %A Tran, Kim-Vy H. %A Broussard, Adam %A Allen, Rebecca J. %A Apfel, Miranda %A Cowley, Michael J. %A Glazebrook, Karl %A Kacprzak, Glenn G. %A Labbé, Ivo %A Nanayakkara, Themiya %A Papovich, Casey %A Quadri, Ryan F. %A Spitler, Lee R. %A Straatman, Caroline M. S. %A Tomczak, Adam %D 2017 %K Lya emitting galaxies overdensity %T Discovery of Extreme OIII+H$\beta$ Emitting Galaxies Tracing an Overdensity at z~3.5 in CDF-South %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03814 %X Using deep multi-wavelength photometry of galaxies from ZFOURGE, we group galaxies at $2.5<z<4.0$ by the shape of their spectral energy distributions (SEDs). We identify a population of galaxies with excess emission in the $K_s$-band, which corresponds to OIII+H$\beta$ emission at $2.95<z<3.65$. This population includes 78% of the bluest galaxies with UV slopes steeper than $= -2$. We de-redshift and scale this photometry to build two composite SEDs, enabling us to measure equivalent widths of these Extreme OIII+H$\beta$ Emission Line Galaxies (EELGs) at $z\sim3.5$. We identify 60 galaxies that comprise a composite SED with OIII+H$\beta$ rest-frame equivalent width of $803\pm228$\AA\ and another 218 galaxies in a composite SED with equivalent width of $230\pm90$\AA. These EELGs are analogous to the `green peas' found in the SDSS, and are thought to be undergoing their first burst of star formation due to their blue colors ($< -1.6$), young ages ($łog(age/yr)\sim7.2$), and low dust attenuation values. Their strong nebular emission lines and compact sizes (typically $\sim1.4$ kpc) are consistent with the properties of the star-forming galaxies possibly responsible for reionizing the universe at $z>6$. Many of the EELGs also exhibit Lyman-$\alpha$ emission. Additionally, we find that many of these sources are clustered in an overdensity in the Chandra Deep Field South, with five spectroscopically confirmed members at $z=3.474 0.004$. The spatial distribution and photometric redshifts of the ZFOURGE population further confirm the overdensity highlighted by the EELGs.

@misc{forrest2017discovery, abstract = {Using deep multi-wavelength photometry of galaxies from ZFOURGE, we group galaxies at $2.5<z<4.0$ by the shape of their spectral energy distributions (SEDs). We identify a population of galaxies with excess emission in the $K_s$-band, which corresponds to [OIII]+H$\beta$ emission at $2.95<z<3.65$. This population includes 78% of the bluest galaxies with UV slopes steeper than $\beta = -2$. We de-redshift and scale this photometry to build two composite SEDs, enabling us to measure equivalent widths of these Extreme [OIII]+H$\beta$ Emission Line Galaxies (EELGs) at $z\sim3.5$. We identify 60 galaxies that comprise a composite SED with [OIII]+H$\beta$ rest-frame equivalent width of $803\pm228$\AA\ and another 218 galaxies in a composite SED with equivalent width of $230\pm90$\AA. These EELGs are analogous to the `green peas' found in the SDSS, and are thought to be undergoing their first burst of star formation due to their blue colors ($\beta < -1.6$), young ages ($\log(\rm{age}/yr)\sim7.2$), and low dust attenuation values. Their strong nebular emission lines and compact sizes (typically $\sim1.4$ kpc) are consistent with the properties of the star-forming galaxies possibly responsible for reionizing the universe at $z>6$. Many of the EELGs also exhibit Lyman-$\alpha$ emission. Additionally, we find that many of these sources are clustered in an overdensity in the Chandra Deep Field South, with five spectroscopically confirmed members at $z=3.474 \pm 0.004$. The spatial distribution and photometric redshifts of the ZFOURGE population further confirm the overdensity highlighted by the EELGs.}, added-at = {2017-03-14T09:58:06.000+0100}, author = {Forrest, Ben and Tran, Kim-Vy H. and Broussard, Adam and Allen, Rebecca J. and Apfel, Miranda and Cowley, Michael J. and Glazebrook, Karl and Kacprzak, Glenn G. and Labbé, Ivo and Nanayakkara, Themiya and Papovich, Casey and Quadri, Ryan F. and Spitler, Lee R. and Straatman, Caroline M. S. and Tomczak, Adam}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/290106c65cd667d3688565585fae26c56/miki}, description = {[1703.03814] Discovery of Extreme [OIII]+H$\beta$ Emitting Galaxies Tracing an Overdensity at z~3.5 in CDF-South}, interhash = {a69fb9f8e3d239d1fcb7f0e63cc1cfcc}, intrahash = {90106c65cd667d3688565585fae26c56}, keywords = {Lya emitting galaxies overdensity}, note = {cite arxiv:1703.03814Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJL. 8 pages, 4 figures}, timestamp = {2017-03-14T09:58:06.000+0100}, title = {Discovery of Extreme [OIII]+H$\beta$ Emitting Galaxies Tracing an Overdensity at z~3.5 in CDF-South}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03814}, year = 2017 }