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 …

The synchrony of production and escape: half the bright Lyα emitters at z ≈ 2 have Lyman continuum escape fractions ≈50

RP Naidu, J Matthee, PA Oesch… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The ionizing photon escape fraction [Lyman continuum (LyC) f esc] of star-forming galaxies
is the single greatest unknown in the reionization budget. Stochastic sightline effects prohibit …

JADES: Discovery of extremely high equivalent width Lyman-α emission from a faint galaxy within an ionized bubble at z= 7.3

A Saxena, BE Robertson, AJ Bunker, R Endsley… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We report the discovery of a remarkable Lyα emitting galaxy at z= 7.2782, JADES-GS+
53.16746− 27.7720 (shortened to JADES-GS-z7-LA), with rest-frame equivalent width, EW 0 …

The Keck Lyman Continuum Spectroscopic Survey (KLCS): The Emergent Ionizing Spectrum of Galaxies at z∼ 3∗

CC Steidel, M Bogosavljević, AE Shapley… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The Keck Lyman Continuum Spectroscopic Survey (KLCS): The Emergent Ionizing Spectrum
of Galaxies at z ∼ 3 - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you …

A characteristic scale for cold gas

M McCourt, SP Oh, R O'Leary… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We find that clouds of optically thin, pressure-confined gas are prone to fragmentation as
they cool below∼ 106 K. This fragmentation follows the lengthscale∼ cst cool, ultimately …

(Re)Solving reionization with Lyα: how bright Lyα Emitters account for the z ≈ 2–8 cosmic ionizing background

J Matthee, RP Naidu, G Pezzulli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The cosmic ionizing emissivity from star-forming galaxies has long been anchored to UV
luminosity functions. Here, we introduce an emissivity framework based on Lyα emitters …

The Lyman continuum escape survey: ionizing radiation from [O III]-strong sources at a redshift of 3.1

TJ Fletcher, M Tang, BE Robertson… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from the LymAn Continuum Escape Survey (LACES), a Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) program designed to characterize the ionizing radiation emerging from a …

The Effects of Stellar Population and Gas Covering Fraction on the Emergent Lyα Emission of High-redshift Galaxies

NA Reddy, MW Topping, AE Shapley… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform joint modeling of the composite rest-frame far-UV and optical spectra of redshift
1.85≤ z≤ 3.49 star-forming galaxies to deduce key properties of the massive stars, ionized …

Lyα profile, dust, and prediction of Lyα escape fraction in green pea galaxies

H Yang, S Malhotra, M Gronke, JE Rhoads… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We studied Lyman-α (Lyα) escape in a statistical sample of 43 Green Peas with
HST/COS Lyα spectra. Green Peas are nearby star-forming galaxies with strong [O iii] λ5007 …

The production of ionizing photons in UV-faint z∼ 3–7 galaxies

G Prieto-Lyon, V Strait, CA Mason, G Brammer… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. The demographics of the production and escape of ionizing photons from UV-faint
early galaxies is a key unknown that has hindered attempts to discover the primary drivers of …