GRAPES, grism spectroscopy of the Hubble ultra deep field: Description and data reduction

N. Pirzkal; C. Xu; S. Malhotra; J. E. Rhoads; A. M. Koekemoer; L. A. Moustakas; J. R. Walsh; R. A. Windhorst; E. Daddi; A. Cimatti; H. C. Ferguson; Jonathan P. Gardner; C. Gronwall; Z. Haiman; M. Kümmel; N. Panagia; A. Pasquali; M. Stiavelli; S. Di Serego Alighieri; Z. Tsvetanov; J. Vernet; H. Yan

doi:10.1086/422582

GRAPES, grism spectroscopy of the Hubble ultra deep field: Description and data reduction

N. Pirzkal^*
, C. Xu
, S. Malhotra
, J. E. Rhoads
, A. M. Koekemoer
, L. A. Moustakas
, J. R. Walsh
, R. A. Windhorst
, E. Daddi
, A. Cimatti
, H. C. Ferguson
, Jonathan P. Gardner
, C. Gronwall
, Z. Haiman
, M. Kümmel
, N. Panagia
, A. Pasquali
, M. Stiavelli
, S. Di Serego Alighieri
, Z. Tsvetanov

J. Vernet, H. Yan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Space Telescope Science Institute
European Southern Observatory
Arizona State University
Osservatorio Astrofisico Di Arcetri, Florence
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Pennsylvania State University
Columbia University
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Johns Hopkins University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
California Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We present deep unbiased spectroscopy of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) carried out using the slitless grism spectroscopy mode of the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The Grism ACS Program for Extragalactic Science (GRAPES) achieves continuum detection as faint as Z _AB = 27.2 using 40 orbits (9.2 × 10 ⁴ s) on HST. The data were taken at four orientation angles to correct for the overlap of spectra. GRAPES data provide a unique, uninterrupted, low-resolution (R = 100) spectral coverage for 5500 Å < λ < 10500 Å and allow us to detect high-redshift galaxies at 4 < z < 7 whether they have Lyα lines or just show the Lyman break, as well as find low-luminosity active galactic nuclei in an unbiased fashion. This paper describes in detail the observations and the data reduction and examines the quality of the extracted spectra. Subsequent papers will deal with the analysis of the data. The extracted and calibrated GRAPES spectra will be available from MAST at STScI.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	501-508
Number of pages	8
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	154
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/422582
Publication status	Published - Oct 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Galaxies: high-redshift
Surveys
Techniques: spectroscopic

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Pirzkal, N., Xu, C., Malhotra, S., Rhoads, J. E., Koekemoer, A. M., Moustakas, L. A., Walsh, J. R., Windhorst, R. A., Daddi, E., Cimatti, A., Ferguson, H. C., Gardner, J. P., Gronwall, C., Haiman, Z., Kümmel, M., Panagia, N., Pasquali, A., Stiavelli, M., Di Serego Alighieri, S., ... Yan, H. (2004). GRAPES, grism spectroscopy of the Hubble ultra deep field: Description and data reduction. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 154(2), 501-508. https://doi.org/10.1086/422582

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