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We present the results of a high-spatial-resolution study of the line emission in a sample of z=3.1 Lyman-Alpha-Emitting Galaxies (LAEs) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South. Of the eight objects with coverage in our HST/WFPC2…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Nicholas A. Bond , John J. Feldmeier , Ana Matkovic , Caryl Gronwall , Robin Ciardullo , Eric Gawiser

In the near future galaxy surveys will target Lyman alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) to unveil the nature of the dark energy. It has been suggested that the observability of LAEs is coupled to the large scale properties of the intergalactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-27 S. Gurung-Lopez , Alvaro A. Orsi , Silvia Bonoli , Nelson Padilla , Cedric G. Lacey , Carlton M. Baugh

Lyman-$\alpha$ blobs (LABs) are spatially extended nebulae of emission in the Ly$\alpha$ line of hydrogen, seen at high redshifts$^{1,2}$, and most commonly found in the dense environment of star-forming galaxies$^{3,4}$. The origin of…

We present results of the cross-correlation Ly$\alpha$ intensity mapping with Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) ultra-deep narrowband images and Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) at $z=5.7$ and $6.6$ in a total area of $4$ deg$^2$. Although…

We investigate the clustering and halo properties of $\sim 5000$ Ly$\alpha$-selected emission line galaxies (LAEs) from the Slicing COSMOS 4K (SC4K) and from archival NB497 imaging of SA22 split in 15 discrete redshift slices between $z…

The H~{\sc i} gas distribution in damped Lyman $\alpha$ absorbers (DLAs) has remained elusive due to the point-source nature of background quasar emission. Observing DLAs against spatially extended background galaxies provides a new method…

Mapping the intergalactic medium (IGM) in Lyman-$\alpha$ emission would yield unprecedented tomographic information on the large-scale distribution of baryons and potentially provide new constraints on the UV background and various feedback…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-22 Joris Witstok , Ewald Puchwein , Girish Kulkarni , Renske Smit , Martin G. Haehnelt

We present a simple physical model for populating dark matter halos with Lyman Alpha Emiiters(LAEs) and predict the physical properties of LAEs at z~3-7. The central tenet of this model is that the Ly-alpha luminosity is proportional to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-27 Vithal Tilvi , Sangeeta Malhotra , James E. Rhoads , Evan Scannapieco , Robert J. Thacker , Ilian T. Iliev , Garrelt Mellema

Simulations predict that circumgalactic hydrogen gas surrounding massive ($M_{\rm{halo}}^{z=1}=10^{12}-10^{13}\ M_{\odot}$) galaxies at $z\sim4$ may be predominantly neutral, and could produce damped Ly$\alpha$ absorbers (DLAs) along…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-10 Alon Gurman , Amiel Sternberg , Shmuel Bialy , Rachel K. Cochrane , Jonathan Stern

Based on cosmological simulations, we model Lyman continuum emission from a sample of 11 high-redshift star forming galaxies spanning a mass range of a factor 20. Each of the 11 galaxies has been simulated both with a Salpeter and a Kroupa…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexei O. Razoumov , Jesper Sommer-Larsen

We utilized Ly$\alpha$ radiative transfer calculations from \citet{Song2020} to investigate the properties of extended Ly$\alpha$ halos around star-forming galaxies in the \textit{Hubble} Ultra Deep Field, observed by the Multi-Unit…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-11 Sangeun Yu , Hyunmi Song , Kwang-il Seon

We discovered a sample of 250 Ly-Alpha emitting (LAE) galaxies at z=2.1 in an ultra-deep 3727 A narrow-band MUSYC image of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South. LAEs were selected to have rest-frame equivalent widths (EW) > 20 A and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 L. Guaita , E. Gawiser , N. Padilla , H. Francke , N. A. Bond , C. Gronwall , R. Ciardullo , J. J. Feldmeier , S. Sinawa , G. A. Blanc , S. Virani

We present a rest-frame ultraviolet morphological analysis of 108 z=2.1 Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDF-S) and compare it to a similar sample of 171 LAEs at z=3.1. Using Hubble Space Telescope…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Nicholas Bond , Eric Gawiser , Lucia Guaita , Nelson Padilla , Caryl Gronwall , Robin Ciardullo , Kamson Lai

Low mass, low metallicity galaxies at low to moderate ($z\lesssim3$) redshifts offer the best opportunity for detailed examination of the interplay between massive stars, ionizing radiation and gas in sources similar to those that likely…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-16 Dawn K. Erb , Danielle A. Berg , Matthew W. Auger , David L. Kaplan , Gabriel Brammer , Max Pettini

We study the properties of Ly-alpha emitters in a cosmological framework by computing the escape of Ly-alpha photons through galactic outflows. We combine the GALFORM semi-analytical model of galaxy formation with a Monte Carlo Ly-alpha…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Alvaro Orsi , Cedric G. Lacey , Carlton M. Baugh

We present an exhaustive census of Lyman alpha (Ly$\alpha$) emission in the general galaxy population at $3<z<4.6$. We use the Michigan/Magellan Fiber System (M2FS) spectrograph to study a stellar mass (M$_*$) selected sample of 625…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-17 Grecco A. Oyarzún , Guillermo A. Blanc , Valentino González , Mario Mateo , John I. Bailey

We investigate how damped Lyman-$\alpha$ absorbers (DLAs) at z ~ 2-3, detected in large optical spectroscopic surveys of quasars, trace the population of star-forming galaxies. Building on previous results, we construct a model based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 J. -K. Krogager , P. Møller , L. B. Christensen , P. Noterdaeme , J. P. U. Fynbo , W. Freudling

Ly$\alpha$ emission is widely used to detect and confirm high-redshift galaxies and characterize the evolution of the intergalactic medium. However, many galaxies do not display Ly$\alpha$ emission in typical spectroscopic observations, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Ryan F. Trainor , Allison L. Strom , Charles C. Steidel , Gwen C. Rudie , Yuguang Chen , Rachel L. Theios

We report the discovery of three double-peaked Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) exhibiting strong blue peak emission at 2.9 $\lesssim z \lesssim$ 4.8, in the VLT/MUSE data obtained as part of the Middle Ages Galaxy Properties with Integral…

We searched quasar spectra from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) for the rare occurrences where a strong damped Lyman-alpha absorber (DLA) blocks the Broad Line Region emission from the quasar and acts as a…