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 …

The evolution of the intergalactic medium

M McQuinn - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The bulk of cosmic matter resides in a dilute reservoir that fills the space between galaxies,
the intergalactic medium (IGM). The history of this reservoir is intimately tied to the cosmic …

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 …

The thesan project: Lyman-α emission and transmission during the Epoch of Reionization

A Smith, R Kannan, E Garaldi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The visibility of high-redshift Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) provides important
constraints on galaxy formation processes and the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). However …

Statistics of 207 Lyα emitters at a redshift near 7: constraints on reionization and galaxy formation models

M Ouchi, K Shimasaku, H Furusawa… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the Lyα luminosity function (LF), clustering measurements, and Lyα line profiles
based on the largest sample to date of 207 Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z= 6.6 on the 1 deg 2 sky …

Relative velocity of dark matter and baryonic fluids and the formation of the first structures

D Tseliakhovich, C Hirata - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation …, 2010 - APS
At the time of recombination, baryons and photons decoupled and the sound speed in the
baryonic fluid dropped from relativistic,∼ c/3, to the thermal velocities of the hydrogen …

Lyα emitting galaxies as a probe of reionisation

M Dijkstra - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2014 - cambridge.org
The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) represents a milestone in the evolution of our Universe.
Star-forming galaxies that existed during the EoR likely emitted a significant fraction (~ 5 …

Spectroscopic confirmation of three z-dropout galaxies at z= 6.844–7.213: demographics of Lyα emission in z∼ 7 galaxies

Y Ono, M Ouchi, B Mobasher, M Dickinson… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of our ultra-deep Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopy of z-dropout galaxies in
the Subaru Deep Field and Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey's northern field. For 3 …

Keck spectroscopy of faint 3 < z < 7 Lyman break galaxies – I. New constraints on cosmic reionization from the luminosity and redshift-dependent fraction of Lyman α …

DP Stark, RS Ellis, K Chiu, M Ouchi… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
We present the first results of a new Keck spectroscopic survey of UV faint Lyman break
galaxies in the redshift range 3< z< 7. Combined with earlier Keck and published European …

SILVERRUSH. IV. Lyα luminosity functions at z = 5.7 and 6.6 studied with ∼1300 Lyα emitters on the 14–21 deg2 sky

A Konno, M Ouchi, T Shibuya, Y Ono… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present the Lyα luminosity functions (LFs) at z= 5.7 and 6.6 derived from a new large
sample of 1266 Lyα emitters (LAEs) identified in total areas of 14 and 21 deg2, respectively …