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We use a semi-analytic model of Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs) to constrain the reionization history. By considering two physically motivated scenarios in which reionization ends either early (ERM, z_i ~ 7) or late (LRM, z_i ~ 6), we fix the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pratika Dayal , Andrea Ferrara , Simona Gallerani

We present the CAlibrating LYMan-$\alpha$ with H$\alpha$ (CALYMHA) pilot survey and new results on Lyman-$\alpha$ (Lya) selected galaxies at z~2. We use a custom-built Lya narrow-band filter at the Isaac Newton Telescope, designed to…

Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) are star-forming galaxies that efficiently probe the spatial distribution of galaxies in the high redshift universe. The spatial clustering of LAEs reflects the properties of their individual host dark matter…

We present Monte Carlo calculations of Lyman alpha (Lya) radiative transfer through collapsing gas clouds, representing proto-galaxies that are caught in the process of their assembly. Such galaxies produce Lya flux over an extended solid…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Mark Dijkstra , Zoltan Haiman , Marco Spaans

Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) are galaxies that have been selected on the basis of a strong Ly{\alpha} emission line in their spectra. Observational campaigns have dramatically increased the sample of known LAEs, which now extends out to z=7.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Mark Dijkstra , Stuart Wyithe

We study the Ly$\alpha$ escape fraction, $f_{\mathrm{esc}}^{\mathrm{Ly\alpha}}$ of Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) identified by Subaru/HSC narrowband imaging at $z = 2.2-6.6$, using publicly available deep imaging data from HST and JWST. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-17 Shunta Shimizu , Nobunari Kashikawa , Satoshi Kikuta , Yoshihiro Takeda , Junya Arita , Ryo Emori , Kentaro Koretomo

We compare the physical and morphological properties of z ~ 2 Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) identified in the HETDEX Pilot Survey and narrow band studies with those of z ~ 2 optical emission line galaxies (oELGs) identified via HST…

We present constrained radiative transfer calculations of Lyman Alpha (Lya) photons propagating through clumpy, dusty, large scale outflows, and explore whether we can quantitatively explain the Lya halos that have been observed around…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Mark Dijkstra , Roban Hultman Kramer

We model the transmission of the Lyman-alpha line through the circum- and intergalactic media around dark matter haloes expected to host Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) at z > 5.7, using the high-dynamic-range Sherwood simulations. We find very…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-27 Lewis H. Weinberger , Girish Kulkarni , Martin G. Haehnelt , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury , Ewald Puchwein

Ultraluminous Lyman alpha (Lya) emitting galaxies (ULLAEs) with log L (Lya)>43.5 erg/s near the epoch of reionization (z>5) make up the bright end of the LAE luminosity function (LF) and may provide insight into the process of reionization,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-13 Anthony J. Taylor , Lennox L. Cowie , Amy J. Barger , Esther M. Hu , Antoinette Songaila

The Lyman alpha emission line is an essential diagnostic tool for probing galaxy formation and evolution. Not only is it commonly the strongest observable line from high-redshift galaxies but from its shape detailed information about its…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Peter Laursen , Jesper Sommer-Larsen , Anja C. Andersen

Ly$\alpha$ photons scattered by neutral hydrogen atoms in the circumgalactic media or produced in the halos of star-forming galaxies are expected to lead to extended Ly$\alpha$ emission around galaxies. Such low surface brightness…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ethan Lake , Zheng Zheng , Renyue Cen , Raphael Sadoun , Rieko Momose , Masami Ouchi

Faint galaxies are theorised to have played a major role in reionising the Universe. Their properties as well as the Lyman-{\alpha} emitter fraction, could provide useful insight into this epoch. We use four galaxy clusters from the Lensed…

The physical processes which make a galaxy a Lyman Alpha Emitter have been extensively studied for the past 25 years. However, the correlations between physical and morphological properties of galaxies and the strength of the Ly$\alpha$…

The recently discovered population of ultra-faint extended line emitters can account for the majority of the incidence rate of Damped Lyman Alpha systems (DLAs) at z ~ 3 if the line emission is interpreted as Ly alpha. We show here that a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-19 Luke A. Barnes , Martin G. Haehnelt

We quantify the contribution of Ly$\alpha$ fluorescence to observed spatially extended Ly$\alpha$ halos around Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAE) at redshift ${\rm z=3.1}$. The key physical quantities that describe the fluorescent signal include…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-25 Lluís Mas-Ribas , Mark Dijkstra

We model the high redshift (z > 5) Lyman-$\alpha$ emitting (LAE) galaxy population using the empirical rest-frame equivalent width distribution. We calibrate to the observed luminosity function and angular correlation function at z = 5.7 as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-19 Lewis H. Weinberger , Martin G. Haehnelt , Girish Kulkarni

Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) emitting galaxies are powerful tools to probe the late stages of cosmic reionization. The observed sudden drop in Ly$\alpha$ fraction at $z>6$ is often interpreted as a sign of reionization, since the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-03 Sultan Hassan , Max Gronke

We present semi-analytical models of high redshift Lyman-{\alpha} emitters (LAEs) in order to constrain the star formation efficiency in those galaxies. Our supernova feedback induced star formation model along with Sheth-Tormman halo mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-25 Arnab Sarkar , Saumyadip Samui

We predict Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) luminosity functions (LFs) of Ly$\alpha$-selected galaxies (Ly$\alpha$ emitters, or LAEs) at $z=3-6$ using the phenomenological model of Dijkstra & Wyithe (2012). This model combines observed UV-LFs of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Max Gronke , Mark Dijkstra , Michele Trenti , Stuart Wyithe