High redshift LBGs from deep broadband imaging for future spectroscopic surveys
arxiv(2024)
Abstract
Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) are promising probes for clustering measurements
at high redshift, z>2, a region only covered so far by Lyman-α forest
measurements. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of selecting LBGs
by exploiting the existence of a strong deficit of flux shortward of the Lyman
limit, due to various absorption processes along the line of sight. The target
selection relies on deep imaging data from the HSC and CLAUDS surveys in the
g,r,z and u bands, respectively, with median depths reaching 27 AB in all
bands. The selections were validated by several dedicated spectroscopic
observation campaigns with DESI. Visual inspection of spectra has enabled us to
develop an automated spectroscopic typing and redshift estimation algorithm
specific to LBGs. Based on these data and tools, we assess the efficiency and
purity of target selections optimised for different purposes. Selections
providing a wide redshift coverage retain 57% of the observed targets after
spectroscopic confirmation with DESI, and provide an efficiency for LBGs of
83±3%, for a purity of the selected LBG sample of 90±2%. This would
deliver a confirmed LBG density of ∼ 620 deg^-2 in the range
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