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Esther M. Hu

Astronomer
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1980
hu@ifa.hawaii.edu

 

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Selected Publications

The Luminosity Function of Lyα Emitters at Redshift z ~ 5.7
E. M. Hu, L. L. Cowie, P. Capak, R. G. McMahon, T. Hayashino, and Y. Komiyama
The Astronomical Journal, 127, 563-575 (2004)

A Deep Wide-Field, Optical, and Near-Infrared Catalog of a Large Area around the Hubble Deep Field North
P. Capak, L. L. Cowie, E. M. Hu, A. J. Barger, M. Dickinson, E. Fernandez, M. Giavalisco, Y. Komiyama, C. Kretchmer, C. McNally, S. Miyazaki, S. Okamura, and D. Stern
The Astronomical Journal, 127, 180-198 (2004)

The Extended Emission-Line Region of 4C 37.43
A. Stockton, J. W. MacKenty, E. M. Hu, and T. Kim
The Astrophysical Journal, 572, 735-745 (2002)

A Redshift z = 6.56 Galaxy behind the Cluster Abell 370
E. M. Hu, L. L. Cowie, R. G. McMahon, P. Capak, F. Iwamuro, J.-P. Kneib, T. Maihara, and K. Motohara
The Astrophysical Journal, 568, L75-L79 (2002)

Detecting High-Redshift Evolved Galaxies as the Hosts of Optically Faint Hard X-Ray Sources
L. L. Cowie, A. J. Barger, M. W. Bautz, P. Capak, C. S. Crawford, A. C. Fabian, E. M. Hu, F. Iwamuro, J.-P. Kneib, T. Maihara, and K. Motohara
The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 551, L9-L12 (2001)

FUSE Observations of Cooling-Flow Gas in the Galaxy Clusters A1795 and A2597
W. R. Oegerle, L. Cowie, A. Davidsen, E. Hu, J. Hutchings, E. Murphy, K. Sembach, and B. Woodgate
The Astrophysical Journal, 560, 187-193 (2001)

Caltech Faint Galaxy Redshift Survey. X. A Redshift Survey in the Region of the Hubble Deep Field North
J. G. Cohen, D. W. Hogg, R. Blandford, L.L. Cowie, E. Hu, A. Songaila, P. Shopbell, and K. Richberg
The Astrophysical Journal, 538, 29–52 (2000)

Caltech Faint Galaxy Redshift Survey. XI. The Merger Rate to Redshift 1 from Kinematic Pairs
R. G. Carlberg, J. G. Cohen, D. R. Patton, R. Blandford, D. W. Hogg, H. K. C. Yee, S. L. Morris, H. Lin, P. B. Hall, M.Sawicki, G. D. Wirth, L. L. Cowie, E. Hu, and A. Songaila
The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 532, L1–L4 (2000)

An Extremely Luminous Galaxy at z = 5.74
E. M. Hu, R. G. McMahon, and L. L. Cowie
The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 522, L9-L12 (1999)

Limits on the Gunn-Peterson Effect at z = 5
A. Songaila, E. M. Hu, L. L. Cowie, and R. G. McMahon
The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 525, L5-L8 (1999)

High-z Lyα Emitters. I. A Blank-Field Search for Objects near Redshift z = 3.4
in and around the Hubble Deep Field and the Hawaii Deep Field SSA 22

L. L. Cowie and E. M. Hu
The Astronomical Journal, 115, 1319-1328 (1998)

The Photometric Redshift Distribution and Evolutionary Properties of Galaxies up to z ~ 4.5 in the Field of the Quasar BR 1202-0725
E. Giallongo, S. D'odorico, A. Fontana, S. Cristiani, E. Egami, E. Hu, and R. G. McMahon
The Astronomical Journal, 115, 2169-2183 (1998)

Constraints on the Early Formation of Field Elliptical Galaxies
A. J. Barger, L. L. Cowie, N. Trentham, E. Fulton, E. M. Hu, A. Songaila, and D. Hall
The Astronomical Journal, 117, 102-110 (1999)

The Density of Lyα Emitters at Very High Redshift
E. M. Hu, L. L. Cowie, and R. G. McMahon
The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 502, L99-L103 (1998)

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