Description
We use the very deep and homogeneous I-band selected dataset of the FORS Deep Field (FDF) to trace the evolution of the luminosity function over the redshift range 0.5<z<5.0. We show that the FDF I-band selection down to I_AB_=26.8 misses of the order of 10% of the galaxies that would be detected in a K-band selected survey with magnitude limit K_AB_=26.3 (like FIRES). Photometric redshifts for 5558 galaxies are estimated based on the photometry in 9 filters (U, B, Gunn g, R, I, SDSS z, J, K and a special filter centered at 834nm).
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