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We calculate Lyman Alpha Emitter (LAE) angular correlation functions (ACFs) at $z \simeq 6.6$ and the fraction of lifetime (for the 100 Myrs preceding $z\simeq6.6$) galaxies spend as Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) or as LBGs with Lyman Alpha…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-08 Anne Hutter , Pratika Dayal , Volker Müller

Despite recent progress in understanding Lyman-alpha (Lya) emitters (LAEs), relatively little is known regarding their typical black hole activity across cosmic time. Here, we study the X-ray and radio properties of ~4000 LAEs at 2.2<z<6…

Rapid mass assembly, likely from mergers or smooth accretion, has been predicted to play a vital role in star-formation in high-redshift Lyman-alpha (Lya) emitters. Here we predict the major merger, minor merger, and smooth accreting Lya…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Vithal Tilvi , Evan Scannapieco , Sangeeta Malhotra , James E. Rhoads

We report the observation of a further asymmetric, extended Lyman alpha emitting halo at z=2.63, from our ultra-deep, long-slit spectroscopic survey of faint high redshift emitters, undertaken with Magellan LDSS3 in the GOODS-S field. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Michael Rauch , George D. Becker , Martin G. Haehnelt , Jean-Rene Gauthier , Wallace L. W. Sargent

We present a detailed multi-wavelength study (from rest-frame UV to far-IR) of narrow-band (NB) selected, star-forming (SF) H$\alpha$ emitters (HAEs) at $z \sim 2.23$ taken from the High Redshift(Z) Emission Line Survey (HiZELS). We find…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-10 I. Oteo , D. Sobral , R. J. Ivison , I. Smail , P. N. Best , J. Cepa , A. M Pérez-García

From multi-wavelength observations of LAEs,we know that while many LAEs appear to be young and less massive,a noticeable fraction of LAEs possess much older populations of stars and larger stellar mass.How these two classes of LAEs are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Ikkoh Shimizu , Masayuki Umemura

Order-unity star formation efficiencies (SFE) in early galaxies may explain the overabundance of bright galaxies observed by JWST at high redshift. Here we show that Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) radiation pressure limits the gas mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 D. Manzoni , A. Ferrara

The physical origin of diffuse Ly$\alpha$ halos (LAHs) around star-forming galaxies is still a matter of debate. We present the dependence of LAH luminosity ($L({\rm Ly}\alpha)_H$) on the stellar mass ($M_\star$), $SFR$, color excess…

We present a sample of 33 spectroscopically confirmed z ~ 3.1 Ly$\alpha$-emitting galaxies (LAEs) in the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field. This paper details the narrow-band survey we conducted to detect the LAE sample, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Emily M. McLinden , James E. Rhoads , Sangeeta Malhotra , Steven L. Finkelstein , Mark L. A. Richardson , Brent Smith , Vithal S. Tilvi

We derive the luminosity function of high-redshift Lyman alpha emitting sources from a deep, blind, spectroscopic survey that utilized strong-lensing magnification by intermediate-redshift clusters of galaxies. We observed carefully…

The Large Area Lyman Alpha survey has found ~ 150 Lyman-alpha emitters at z=4.5. While stellar models predict a maximum Lyman-alpha equivalent width (EW) of 240 angstrom, 60% of the Lyman-alpha emitters have EWs exceeding this value. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sangeeta Malhotra , James Rhoads

In this work we analyze the physical properties of a sample of 56 spectroscopically selected star-forming (SF) Ly$\alpha$ emitting galaxies at 2.0$\lesssim$z$\lesssim$3.5 using both a spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting procedure…

[abridged] Among the different observational techniques used to select high-redshift galaxies, the hydrogen recombination line Lyman-alpha (Lya) is of particular interest as it gives access to the measurement of cosmological quantities such…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Hakim Atek , Daniel Kunth , Daniel Schaerer , J. Miguel Mas-Hesse , Matthew Hayes , Goran Ostlin , Jean-Paul Kneib , .

In this work we model the observed evolution in comoving number density of Lyman-alpha blobs (LABs) as a function of redshift, and try to find which mechanism of emission is dominant in LAB. Our model calculates LAB emission both from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-16 Marijana Smailagić , Miroslav Micic , Nemanja Martinovic

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

Lyman-{\alpha} emitters (LAEs) are a promising target to probe the large scale structure of the Universe at high redshifts, $z\gtrsim 2$. However, their detection is sensitive to radiative transfer effects that depend on local astrophysical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-10 Siddhartha Gurung-López , Álvaro A. Orsi , Silvia Bonoli , Carlton M. Baugh , Cedric G. Lacey

Lyman alpha halos are observed ubiquitously around star-forming galaxies at high redshift, but their origin is still a matter of debate. We demonstrate that the emission from faint unresolved satellite sources, $M_{\rm UV} \gtrsim -17$,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-31 Lluís Mas-Ribas , Mark Dijkstra , Joseph F. Hennawi , Michele Trenti , Rieko Momose , Masami Ouchi

In this series of lectures, I review our observational understanding of high-$z$ Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) and relevant scientific topics. Since the discovery of LAEs in the late 1990s, more than ten (one) thousand(s) of LAEs have been…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-23 Masami Ouchi

We have constructed an extended halo model (EHM) which relates the total stellar mass and star-formation rate (SFR) to halo mass (M_h). An empirical relation between the distribution functions of total stellar mass of galaxies and host halo…

We report results of a deep wide-field narrowband survey for redshift z~5.7 Ly alpha emitters carried out with SuprimeCam on Subaru 8.3-m telescope. Deep narrowband imaging of the SSA22 field through a 120 A bandpass filter centered at 8150…