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The standard $\rm \Lambda$CDM cosmological model predicts that a large amount of diffuse neutral hydrogen distributes in cosmic filaments, which could be mapped through Lyman-alpha (Ly$\alpha$) emission observations. We use the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-29 Yizhou Liu , Liang Gao , Shihong Liao , Kai Zhu

Determining the spatial distribution and intrinsic physical properties of neutral hydrogen on cosmological scales is one of the key goals of next-generation radio surveys. We use the EAGLE galaxy formation simulations to assess the…

We present the statistical properties of Ly$\alpha$ emission in 586 galaxies at $z=4.5-14.2$, observed by multiple JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy projects, including JADES, GLASS, CEERS, and GO/DDT programs. We obtain Ly$\alpha$ equivalent width…

Recent observations have discovered a population of extended Lya sources, dubbed Lyman-alpha blobs (LABs), at high redshift z ~ 3 - 6.6. These LABs typically have a luminosity of L ~ 10^42-10^44 erg/s, and a size of tens of kiloparsecs,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Hidenobu Yajima , Yuexing Li , Qirong Zhu

Models are presented for the Lyman alpha emission of dusty high-redshift galaxies by combining the Press-Schechter formalism with a treatment of the inhomogeneous dust distribution inside galaxies. It is found that the amount of Lyman alpha…

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

Deep narrow-band surveys have revealed a large population of faint Lyman-alpha (Lya) emitters (LAEs) in the distant Universe, but relatively little is known about the most luminous sources ($L_{Ly\alpha}>10^{42.7}$ erg/s;…

Lyman-alpha is now widely used to investigate the galaxy formation and evolution in the high redshift universe. However, without a rigorous understanding of the processes which regulate the Lya escape fraction, physical interpretations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-15 Hakim Atek , Daniel Kunth , Matthew Hayes , Goeran Ostlin , J. Miguel Mas-Hesse , .

We present Ly $\alpha$ imaging of 45 low redshift star-forming galaxies observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxies have been selected to have moderate to high star formation rates using far-ultraviolet (FUV) luminosity and \ha…

We present a detailed structural and morphological study of a large sample of spectroscopically-confirmed galaxies at z >= 6, using deep HST near-IR broad-band images and Subaru optical narrow-band images. The galaxy sample consists of 51…

(Abridged) We use numerical simulations to investigate the origin and structure of the luminous halos that surround isolated galaxies. These stellar structures extend out to several hundred kpc away from a galaxy, and consist of stars shed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Mario G. Abadi , Julio F. Navarro , Matthias Steinmetz

We estimate the evolution of the contribution of galaxies to the cosmic background flux at $912 \AA$ by means of a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation and evolution. Such a modelling has been quite successful in reproducing the optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Julien E. G. Devriendt , Shiv K. Sethi , Bruno Guiderdoni , Biman B. Nath

We present VLT/MUSE observations targeting the extended Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) emission of five high-redshift ($z\sim$3-4) submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) with increasing quasar (QSO) radiation: two SMGs, two SMGs hosting a QSO, and one…

Outflows promote the escape of Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) photons from dusty interstellar media. The process of radiative transfer through interstellar outflows is often modelled by a spherically symmetric, geometrically thin shell of gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-16 Max Gronke , Philip Bull , Mark Dijkstra

If enough of their Lyman limit continuum escapes, star-forming galaxies could be significant contributors to the cosmic background of ionizing photons. To investigate this possibility, we obtained the first deep imaging in the far…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew Malkan , Wayne Webb , Quinn Konopacky

The Ly$\alpha$ line of high-redshift galaxies has emerged as a powerful probe of both early galaxy evolution and the epoch of reionization (EoR). Motivated by the upcoming wide-field survey with the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), we study…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-10 Emanuele Sobacchi , Andrei Mesinger

We study the visibility of the Lyman Alpha (Lya) emission line during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Combining galactic outflow models with large-scale semi-numeric simulations of reionization, we quantify the probability distribution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Mark Dijkstra , Andrei Mesinger , Stuart Wyithe

We present two uniformly observed spectroscopic samples of Ly-alpha emitters (LAEs) (127 at z = 5.7 and 82 at z = 6.6), which we use to investigate the evolution of the LAE population at these redshifts. The observations cover a large field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-15 A. Songaila , L. L. Cowie , A. J. Barger , E. M. Hu , A. J. Taylor

ALMA observations have revealed that many high redshift galaxies are surrounded by extended (10-15 kpc) [CII]-emitting halos which are not predicted by even the most advanced zoom-in simulations. Using a semi-analytical model, in a previous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-09 E. Pizzati , A. Ferrara , A. Pallottini , L. Sommovigo , M. Kohandel , S. Carniani

Various theoretical models predict the existence of extended $\gamma$-ray halo around normal galaxies that could be produced by interactions of cosmic rays with the circumgalactic medium or by annihilation or decay of hypothetical dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-03 M. S. Pshirkov , B. A. Nizamov

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$\alpha$…