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Table 4.

Number counts (and fractions) of interlopers among the results of our first selection, for each NB.

Filters First selection SDSS spectra GALEX Gaia DR2 stars LQAC QSOs Multiple NB Extended Final [N; deg−2]
J0395 12 251 2192 (17.9%) 2003 (16.4%) 857 (7.0%) 87 (0.7%) 1312 (10.7%) 6307 (51.5%) 2547 ; 2.8
J0410 19 905 1983 (9.9%) 2003 (10.1%) 2738 (13.8%) 56 (0.3%) 1648 (8.3%) 9557 (48.0%) 5556 ; 6.2
J0430 24 813 2083 (8.4%) 2597 (10.5%) 2441 (9.8%) 40 (0.2%) 3313 (13.4%) 15 468 (62.3%) 4994 ; 5.6
J0515 15 213 523 (3.4%) 1249 (8.2%) 531 (3.5%) 7 (0.05%) 1282 (8.4%) 12 992 (85.4%) 1467 ; 1.5

Notes. We note that the extended fraction of our samples is particularly high for the J0515 NBs, suggesting that this filter is affected by a high level of contamination from extended low-z interlopers. Indeed, this is the only NB among the four that is susceptible to contamination from the strong [OIII]4959 + 5007 doublet and Hβ line in addition to [NeIII] and [OII]. Sources with at least one identification as a secure interloper are excluded; the final number counts of Lyα-emitting candidates are shown in the last column on the right. The average sky density of these objects shows significant variation among the four lists, with an average of ∼4 deg−2 sources per filter. The complete catalogues of genuine candidates (i.e. after excluding securely identified interlopers) can be found at: https://www.j-plus.es/ancillarydata/dr1_lya_emitting_candidates.

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