English
Related papers

Related papers: The cool side of Lyman Alpha Emitters

200 papers

Recent evidence suggests that high-redshift Ly-alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) with logL(Ly-alpha) > 43.5 erg/s, referred to as ultraluminous LAEs (ULLAEs), may show less evolution than lower-luminosity LAEs in the redshift range z=5.7-6.6.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-20 A. Songaila , A. J. Barger , L. L. Cowie , E. M. Hu , A. J. Taylor

(Abridged) We extend our previous studies aimed at modeling Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) to the second population of high redshift sources, Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs), with the final goal of investigating the physical relationship between…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Pratika Dayal , Andrea Ferrara

Damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs) are useful probes of star formation and galaxy formation at high redshift. We study the physical properties of DLAs and their relationship to Lyman-break galaxies using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kentaro Nagamine

We present statistical properties of diffuse Lyman-alpha halos (LAHs) around high-$z$ star-forming galaxies with large Subaru samples of Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) at $z=2.2$. We make subsamples defined by the physical quantities of LAEs'…

We present the results of a stellar population analysis of 30 Lyman alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) at z ~ 0.3, previously discovered with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). With a few exceptions, we can accurately fit model spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Steven L. Finkelstein , Seth H. Cohen , Sangeeta Malhotra , James E. Rhoads

We present the first results from our CAlibrating LYMan-$\alpha$ with H$\alpha$ (CALYMHA) pilot survey at the Isaac Newton Telescope. We measure Ly$\alpha$ emission for 488 H$\alpha$ selected galaxies at $z=2.23$ from HiZELS in the COSMOS…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Jorryt Matthee , David Sobral , Ivàn Oteo , Philip Best , Ian Smail , Huub Röttgering , Ana Paulino-Afonso

A large number of high-redshift galaxies have been discovered via their narrow-band Lya line or broad-band continuum colors in recent years. The nature of the escaping process of photons from these early galaxies is crucial to understanding…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-16 Hidenobu Yajima , Yuexing Li , Qirong Zhu , Tom Abel , Caryl Gronwall , Robin Ciardullo

We present optical spectroscopy of two samples of GALEX grism selected Ly alpha emitters (LAEs): one at z=0.195-0.44 and the other at z=0.65-1.25. We have also observed a comparison sample of galaxies in the same redshift intervals with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Lennox L. Cowie , Amy J. Barger , Esther M. Hu

We have obtained the first constraints on extended Ly-alpha emission at z ~ 1 in a sample of five radio galaxies. We detect Ly-alpha emission from four of the five galaxies. The Ly-alpha luminosities range from 0.1 - 4 times 10^43 erg/s and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Andrew W. Zirm , Arjun Dey , Mark Dickinson , Colin J. Norman

Lyman $\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) is now routinely used as a tool for studying high-redshift galaxies and its resonant nature means it can trace neutral hydrogen around star-forming galaxies. Integral field spectrograph measurements of…

We examine the dust geometry and Ly{\alpha} scattering in the galaxies of the Lyman Alpha Reference Sample (LARS), a set of 14 nearby (0.02 < $z$ < 0.2) Ly{\alpha} emitting and starbursting systems with Hubble Space Telescope Ly{\alpha},…

The Lyman-alpha (Lya) recombination line is a fundamental tool for galaxy evolution studies and modern observational cosmology. However, subsequent interpretations are still prone to a number of uncertainties. Besides numerical efforts,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Hakim Atek , Daniel Kunth , Daniel Schaerer , Matthew Hayes , Jean-Michel Deharveng , Goran Ostlin , J. Miguel Mas-Hesse

We report new HST COS and STIS spectroscopy of a star-forming region (~100 solar masses/year) in the center of the X-ray cluster RXJ1532.9+3021 (z=0.362), to follow-up the CLASH team discovery of luminous UV filaments and knots in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-08 Megan Donahue , Thomas Connor , G. Mark Voit , Marc Postman

We present detailed predictions for the properties of Ly-alpha-emitting galaxies in the framework of the Lambda-CDM cosmology, calculated using the semi-analytical galaxy formation model GALFORM. We explore a model which assumes a top-heavy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Le Delliou , C. G. Lacey , C. M. Baugh , S. L. Morris

Recent results have shown that a substantial fraction of high-redshift Lyman alpha galaxies contain considerable amounts of dust. This implies that Lyman alpha galaxies are not primordial, as has been thought in the past. However, this dust…

We present the highest redshift detections of resolved Lyman alpha emission, using Hubble Space Telescope/ACS F658N narrowband-imaging data taken in parallel with the Wide Field Camera 3 Early Release Science program in the GOODS CDF-S. We…

The collapse of baryons into the center of a host dark matter halo is accompanied by radiation that may be detectable as compact (< 10 kpc) UV-continuum and Lyman Alpha (hereafter Lya) emission with Lya luminosities as high as ~1e42-1e43…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Mark Dijkstra

A significant fraction of the high-redshift galaxies show strong Lyman emission lines. For redshifts z>5, most known galaxies belong to this class. However, so far not much is known about the physical structure and nature of these objects.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Tapken , I. Appenzeller , S. Noll , S. Richling , J. Heidt , E. Meinkoehn , D. Mehlert

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