Description
We present the results of a spectroscopic survey with LRIS-B on Keck of more than 280 star-forming galaxies and AGNs at redshifts 1.4~<z~<3.0 in the GOODS-N field. Candidates are selected by their UnGR colors using the "BM/BX" criteria to target redshift 1.4~<z~<2.5 galaxies and the LBG criteria to target redshift z~3 galaxies; combined these samples account for ~25%-30% of the R and Ks band counts to R=25.5 and Ks(AB)=24.4, respectively. The 212 BM/BX galaxies and 74 LBGs constitute the largest spectroscopic sample of galaxies at z>1.4 in GOODS-N. Extensive multiwavelength data allow us to investigate the stellar populations, stellar masses, bolometric luminosities (Lbol), and extinction z~2 of galaxies. Deep Chandra and Spitzer data indicate that the sample includes galaxies with a wide range in Lbol (~10^10^ to >10^12^L_{sun}_) and 4 orders of magnitude in dust obscuration (Lbol/LUV).
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