Abstract

AbstractWe investigate the stellar population of star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 4 by focusing on their slope of rest-frame ultraviolet continuum called UV spectral slope β. We analyze the sample of bright Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) with Subaru/i′≤26.0in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey field. Our detailed SED fitting analysis indicates that the LBGs with observed UV slope > −1.7, , Av > 1.0, and intrinsic UV slope < −2.5 are the intrinsically active star-forming galaxies with star formation rates larger than a few × 102 M⊙yr−1. A significant fraction of the UV-selected LBGs at z ∼ 4 is on-going active and dust obscured star-forming galaxies.

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