The z ∼ 4 Lyman break galaxies: Colors and theoretical predictions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 600, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages

  Idzi, Rafal ^a   Somerville, Rachel ^b   Papovich, Casey ^c   Ferguson, Henry C ^a,b   Giavalisco, Mauro ^b   Kretchmer, Claudia ^a   Lotz, Jennifer ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Cosmology: theory; Galaxies: evolution galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: high redshift; Galaxies: photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642602159     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378579     Document Type: Article

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