SEDs of galaxies at 3.8<z<5 in GOODS

Among 74 galaxies detected in the Spitzer IRAC 3.6 and 4.5um bands, more than 70% of the galaxies show clear excess at 3.6um compared to the expected flux density from stellar continuum only. We provide evidence that this 3.6um excess is due to H{alpha} emission redshifted into the 3.6um band, and classify these 3.6um excess galaxies to be H{alpha} emitter (HAE) candidates.

The selection of HAE candidates using an excess in broadband filters is sensitive to objects whose rest-frame H{alpha} equivalent width (EW) is larger than 350{AA}. The H{alpha} inferred star formation rates (SFRs) of the HAEs range between 20 and 500M_{sun}_/yr and are a factor of ~6 larger than SFRs inferred from the UV continuum. The ratio between the H{alpha} luminosity and UV luminosity of HAEs is also on average larger than that of local starbursts.