A Search for Lyman Break Galaxies at <i>z</i> > 8 in the NICMOS Parallel Imaging Survey
A Search for Lyman Break Galaxies at <i>z</i> > 8 in the NICMOS Parallel Imaging Survey
We have selected 14 J-dropout Lyman break galaxy (LBG) candidates with J110 - H160 ≥ 2.5 from the NICMOS Parallel Imaging Survey. This survey consists of 135 arcmin2 of imaging in 228 independent sight lines, reaching average 5 σ sensitivities of J110 = 25.8 and H160 = 25.6 (AB). Distinguishing …