Observations of the Lyman-α Universe

M Ouchi, Y Ono, T Shibuya - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Hydrogen Lyman-α (Lyα) emission has been one of the major observational probes for the
high-redshift Universe since the first discoveries of high-z Lyα-emitting galaxies in the late …

Probing the faint-end luminosity function of Lyman-alpha emitters at 3< z< 7 behind 17 MUSE lensing clusters

TT Thai, P Tuan-Anh, R Pello, I Goovaerts… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. This paper presents a study of the galaxy Lyman-alpha luminosity function (LF)
using a large sample of 17 lensing clusters observed by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic …

GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with∼ 4,000,000 Galaxies at z∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and …

Y Harikane, Y Ono, M Ouchi, C Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new measurements of rest-UV luminosity functions and angular correlation
functions from 4,100,221 galaxies at z∼ 2–7 identified in the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam …

The universe is reionizing at z∼ 7: bayesian inference of the IGM neutral fraction using Lyα emission from galaxies

CA Mason, T Treu, M Dijkstra, A Mesinger… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new flexible Bayesian framework for directly inferring the fraction of neutral
hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR, z∼ 6 …

Texas spectroscopic search for Lyα emission at the end of reionization. III. The Lyα equivalent-width distribution and ionized structures at z> 7

I Jung, SL Finkelstein, M Dickinson… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Lyα emission from galaxies can be utilized to characterize the ionization state in the
intergalactic medium (IGM). We report our search for Lyα emission at z> 7 using a …

A Significantly Neutral Intergalactic Medium Around the Luminous z= 7 Quasar J0252–0503

F Wang, FB Davies, J Yang, JF Hennawi… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Luminous z≥ 7 quasars provide direct probes of the evolution of supermassive black holes
(SMBHs) and the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the epoch of reionization (EoR). The …

Measurements of the z∼ 6 Intergalactic Medium Optical Depth and Transmission Spikes Using a New z> 6.3 Quasar Sample

J Yang, F Wang, X Fan, JF Hennawi… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report new measurements of the intergalactic medium (IGM) Lyα and Lyβ effective
optical depth at 5.3< z< 6.5, using a new sample of quasar sight lines including 32 quasars …

Great Optically Luminous Dropout Research Using Subaru HSC (GOLDRUSH). I. UV luminosity functions at z∼ 4–7 derived with the half-million dropouts on the 100 …

Y Ono, M Ouchi, Y Harikane… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We study the UV luminosity functions (LFs) at z∼ 4, 5, 6, and 7 based on the deep large-
area optical images taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program …

Systematic Identification of LAEs for Visible Exploration and Reionization Research Using Subaru HSC (SILVERRUSH). I. Program strategy and clustering properties …

M Ouchi, Y Harikane, T Shibuya… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present the SILVERRUSH program strategy and clustering properties investigated
with∼ 2000 Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z= 5.7 and 6.6 found in the early data of the Hyper …

First sample of Hα+[O III] λ5007 line emitters at z> 6 through JWST/NIRCam slitless spectroscopy: physical properties and line-luminosity functions

F Sun, E Egami, N Pirzkal, M Rieke… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a sample of four emission-line galaxies at z= 6.11–6.35 that were
serendipitously discovered using the commissioning data for the James Webb Space …