The Ultraviolet Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Abstract
The Ultraviolet Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UVUDF) consists of WFC3/UVIS imaging of the HUDF in the F225W, F275W, and F336W filters (30 orbits per filter, half of which included post-flash). The UVUDF complements the optical through near-infrared imaging, adding UV diagnostics to the most well studied extragalactic field in the sky. I will present the science results enabled by this UV imaging, including improved photometric redshift estimates, the UV galaxy luminosity function, the UV morphology of star-forming galaxies, limits on the escape fraction of ionizing radiation, bursty star-formation in low-mass galaxies, and the star-formation efficiency of HI rich galaxies. I will conclude with a reflection about the future of UV imaging in the final years of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #231
- Pub Date:
- January 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AAS...23110604R