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J/AJ/122/2205       HDF-South K photometric redshift catalog (Rudnick+, 2001)
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A K-band-selected photometric redshift catalog in the Hubble Deep Field South:
 sampling the rest-frame V band to z=3.
    Rudnick G., Franx M., Rix H.-W., Moorwood A., Kuijken K.,
    van Starkenburg L., van der Werf P., Rottgering H., van Dokkum P., Labbe I.
   <Astron. J. 122, 2205 (2001)>
   =2001AJ....122.2205R
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs; Photometry, infrared; Photometry, UBV; Redshifts
Keywords: galaxies: distances and redshifts - galaxies: evolution -
          galaxies: formation - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: photometry

Abstract:
    We present the first results from the Faint Infra-Red Extragalactic
    Survey of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S). Using a combination of
    deep near-infrared (NIR) data obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph
    and Array Camera at the VLT and the WFPC2 Hubble Space Telescope data,
    we construct a K-band-selected sample which is 50% and 90% complete
    for K_s,AB_<=23.5 and K_s,AB_<=22.0, respectively, where the
    magnitudes are measured over a 2.0" diameter aperture. For z<=3, our
    selection by the K-band flux chooses galaxies based on wavelengths
    redder than the rest-frame V band, and so selects them in a way that
    is less dependent on their current star formation rates than selection
    in the rest-frame UV.

File Summary:
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 FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat       103      136   Photometric Catalog
table3.dat       109      136   Photometric Redshift Catalog
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See also:
   J/A+AS/145/111 : HDF-South catalogue of galaxies (Volonteri+, 2000)
   J/AJ/119/486   : HDF-South: STIS imaging (Gardner+, 2000)
   J/AJ/120/2747  : HDF-South WFPC2 observations (Casertano+, 2000)
   J/AJ/122/2190  : HDF-South multicolor observations (Vanzella+, 2001)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format Units         Label     Explanations
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   1-  9  A9    ---           [RFR2001] Object identification
  11- 15  F5.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   F300W     The WFPC2 F300W (U) filter flux (1)
  17- 19  F3.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_F300W     Uncertainty in F300W
  21- 25  F5.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   F450W     The WFPC2 F450W (B) filter flux (1)
  27- 29  F3.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_F450W     Uncertainty in F450W
  31- 36  F6.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   F606W     The WFPC2 F606W (V) filter flux (1)
  38- 40  F3.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_F606W     Uncertainty in F606W
  42- 47  F6.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   F814W     The WFPC2 F814W (I) filter flux (1)
  49- 51  F3.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_F814W     Uncertainty in F814W
  53- 58  F6.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   Jflux     The Js band (1.24+/-0.16um) flux (1)
  60- 63  F4.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_Jflux     Uncertainty in Jflux
  65- 71  F7.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   Hflux     The H band (1.65+/-0.30um) flux (1)
  73- 76  F4.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_Hflux     Uncertainty in Hflux
  78- 84  F7.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   Kflux     The Ks band (2.16+/-0.27um) flux (1)
  86- 89  F4.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_Kflux     Uncertainty in Kflux
  91- 97  F7.1 10-34W/m2/Hz   Ktot      The total Ks flux (2)
  99-102  F4.1 10-34W/m2/Hz e_Ktot      Uncertainty in Ktot
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Note (1): In units of 10^-31^ergs/cm^2^/s/Hz. Fluxes measured over a 2.0"
           diameter aperture.
Note (2): In units of 10^-31^ergs/cm^2^/s/Hz. The "AUTO" flux from SExtractor
          with a minimum 2" diameter aperture.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format Units        Label     Explanations
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   1-  9  A9    ---          [RFR2001] Object identification
      11  A1    ---        f_[RFR2001] [b] Flag on ID (1)
  13- 14  I2    h            RAh       Right Ascension (J2000)
  16- 17  I2    min          RAm       Right Ascension (J2000)
  19- 23  F5.2  s            RAs       Right Ascension (J2000)
      25  A1    ---          DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  26- 27  I2    deg          DEd       Declination (J2000)
  29- 30  I2    arcmin       DEm       Declination (J2000)
  32- 35  F4.1  arcsec       DEs       Declination (J2000)
  37- 40  F4.2  ---          z         Photometric redshift
  42- 45  F4.2  ---        E_z         Upper error in z
  47- 50  F4.2  ---        e_z         Lower error in z
      52  A1    ---        f_z         [a] Flag on z (2)
  54- 58  F5.2 10+10solLum   ULum      Rest frame U band luminosity
  60- 64  F5.2 10+10solLum E_ULum      Upper error in ULum
  66- 70  F5.2 10+10solLum e_ULum      Lower error in ULum
  72- 76  F5.2 10+10solLum   BLum      Rest frame Bband luminosity
  78- 81  F4.2 10+10solLum E_BLum      Upper error in BLum
  83- 87  F5.2 10+10solLum e_BLum      Lower error in BLum
  89- 93  F5.2 10+10solLum   VLum      Rest frame V band luminosity
  95- 98  F4.2 10+10solLum E_VLum      Upper error in VLum
 100-104  F5.2 10+10solLum e_VLum      Lower error in VLum
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Note (1): Indicates that the photometric redshift may be discrepant.
Note (2): Indicates >=1% of Monte-Carlo realizations have z more than unity
          away from the photometric redshift.
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History:
    From electronic version of the journal
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(End)                    Greg Schwarz [AAS], Patricia Bauer [CDS]    14-Jan-2002

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