{"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.10169"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Recently, the C III] and C IV emission lines have been observed in galaxies in the early Universe (z > 5), providing new ways to measure their redshift and study their stellar populations and active galactic nuclei (AGN). We explore the first blind C II], C III] and C IV survey (z ∼ 0.68, 1.05, 1.53, respectively) presented in Stroe et al. (2017). We derive luminosity functions (LF) and study properties of C II], C III] and C IV line emitters through comparisons to the LFs of H α and Ly α emitters, UV selected star-forming (SF) galaxies and quasars at similar redshifts. The C II] LF at z ∼ 0.68 is equally well described by a Schechter or a power-law LF, characteristic of a mixture of SF and AGN activity. The C III] LF (z ∼ 1.05) is consistent to a scaled down version of the Schechter H α and Ly α LF at their redshift, indicating a SF origin. In stark contrast, the C IV LF at z ∼ 1.53 is well fit by a power-law, quasar-like LF. We find that the brightest UV sources (MUV < −22) will universally have C III] and C IV emission. However, on average, C III] and C IV are not as abundant as H α or Ly α emitters at the same redshift, with cosmic average ratios of ∼0.02–0.06 to H α and ∼0.01–0.1 to intrinsic Ly α. We predict that the C III] and C IV lines can only be truly competitive in confirming high-redshift candidates when the hosts are intrinsically bright and the effective Ly α escape fraction is below 1 per cent. While C III] and C IV were proposed as good tracers of young, relatively low-metallicity galaxies typical of the early Universe, we find that, at least at z ∼ 1.5, C IV is exclusively hosted by AGN/quasars, especially at large line equivalent widths."}],"oa":1,"extern":"1","quality_controlled":"1","scopus_import":"1","intvolume":"       471","publication":"Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society","article_processing_charge":"No","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1365-2966"],"issn":["0035-8711"]},"month":"11","author":[{"first_name":"Andra","last_name":"Stroe","full_name":"Stroe, Andra"},{"first_name":"David","last_name":"Sobral","full_name":"Sobral, David"},{"id":"7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720","first_name":"Jorryt J","orcid":"0000-0003-2871-127X","last_name":"Matthee","full_name":"Matthee, Jorryt J"},{"full_name":"Calhau, João","first_name":"João","last_name":"Calhau"},{"last_name":"Oteo","first_name":"Ivan","full_name":"Oteo, Ivan"}],"publisher":"Oxford University Press","article_type":"original","page":"2575-2586","date_published":"2017-11-01T00:00:00Z","publication_status":"published","day":"01","date_created":"2022-07-12T12:54:57Z","doi":"10.1093/mnras/stx1713","keyword":["Space and Planetary Science","Astronomy and Astrophysics","galaxies: active","galaxies: high redshift","galaxies: luminosity function","mass function","quasars: emission lines","star formation","cosmology: observations"],"issue":"3","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"citation":{"ista":"Stroe A, Sobral D, Matthee JJ, Calhau J, Oteo I. 2017. A 1.4 deg2 blind survey for C II], C III] and C IV at z ∼ 0.7–1.5 – II. Luminosity functions and cosmic average line ratios. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471(3), 2575–2586.","short":"A. Stroe, D. Sobral, J.J. Matthee, J. Calhau, I. Oteo, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471 (2017) 2575–2586.","chicago":"Stroe, Andra, David Sobral, Jorryt J Matthee, João Calhau, and Ivan Oteo. “A 1.4 Deg2 Blind Survey for C II], C III] and C IV at z ∼ 0.7–1.5 – II. Luminosity Functions and Cosmic Average Line Ratios.” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>. Oxford University Press, 2017. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1713\">https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1713</a>.","mla":"Stroe, Andra, et al. “A 1.4 Deg2 Blind Survey for C II], C III] and C IV at z ∼ 0.7–1.5 – II. Luminosity Functions and Cosmic Average Line Ratios.” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>, vol. 471, no. 3, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 2575–86, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1713\">10.1093/mnras/stx1713</a>.","ieee":"A. Stroe, D. Sobral, J. J. Matthee, J. Calhau, and I. Oteo, “A 1.4 deg2 blind survey for C II], C III] and C IV at z ∼ 0.7–1.5 – II. Luminosity functions and cosmic average line ratios,” <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>, vol. 471, no. 3. Oxford University Press, pp. 2575–2586, 2017.","apa":"Stroe, A., Sobral, D., Matthee, J. J., Calhau, J., &#38; Oteo, I. (2017). A 1.4 deg2 blind survey for C II], C III] and C IV at z ∼ 0.7–1.5 – II. Luminosity functions and cosmic average line ratios. <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>. Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1713\">https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1713</a>","ama":"Stroe A, Sobral D, Matthee JJ, Calhau J, Oteo I. A 1.4 deg2 blind survey for C II], C III] and C IV at z ∼ 0.7–1.5 – II. Luminosity functions and cosmic average line ratios. <i>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</i>. 2017;471(3):2575-2586. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1713\">10.1093/mnras/stx1713</a>"},"title":"A 1.4 deg2 blind survey for C II], C III] and C IV at z ∼ 0.7–1.5 – II. Luminosity functions and cosmic average line ratios","external_id":{"arxiv":["1703.10169"]},"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","_id":"11567","status":"public","date_updated":"2022-08-19T08:02:04Z","year":"2017","type":"journal_article","oa_version":"Preprint","volume":471}