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We present an empirical yet physically motivated simulation of realistic Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) at $z\sim2-3$, crucial for ongoing and forthcoming cosmological LAE surveys. We combine an empirical $\mathtt{UniverseMachine}$…

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(abbreviated) We present the first results of the ESO large program, ``IMAGES'' which aims at obtaining robust measurements of the kinematics of distant galaxies using the multi-IFU mode of GIRAFFE on the VLT. 3D spectroscopy is essential…

The observed properties of the Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) emission line are a powerful probe of neutral gas in and around galaxies. We present spatially resolved Ly$\alpha$ spectroscopy with VLT/MUSE targeting VR7, a UV-luminous galaxy at…

We present results from the KMOS lensing survey-KLENS which is exploiting gravitational lensing to study the kinematics of 24 star forming galaxies at $1.4<z<3.5$ with a median mass of $\rm log(M_\star/M_\odot)=9.6$ and median star…

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…

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We study the link between galaxies and HI-selected absorption systems at z~3-4 in the MUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies (MAGG) survey, an ESO large programme consisting of integral field pectroscopic observations of 28 quasar fields…

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…

We present the two-point cross-correlation function between Lyman $\alpha$ absorbers and HI galaxies in the nearby Universe ($0.01 \le z \le 0.057$). We use absorbers from 21 QSO sightlines from the Survey of the Low-Redshift Intergalactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-26 Sanchayeeta Borthakur

We present results from a search for galaxies that give rise to damped Lyman alpha (DLA), subDLA, and Lyman limit system (LLS) absorption at redshifts 0.1 ~< z ~< 1 in the spectra of background quasars. The sample was formed from a larger…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Sandhya M. Rao , Michele Belfort-Mihalyi , David A. Turnshek , Eric M. Monier , Daniel B. Nestor , Anna M. Quider

We present Keck/LRIS optical spectra of 17 Lya-emitting galaxies and one Lyman break galaxy at z=4.5 discovered in the Large Area Lyman Alpha (LALA) survey. The survey has identified a sample of ~350 candidate Lya-emitting galaxies at z=4.5…

We have used STIS aboard HST to search for Lyman-alpha (Lya) absorption in the outer regions of nine nearby (cz<6000 km/s) galaxies using background QSOs and AGN as probes. The foreground galaxies are intercepted between 26 and 199 h-1 kpc…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 David V. Bowen , Max Pettini , J. Chris Blades

We combine kinematic and gravitational lensing data to construct the Radial Acceleration Relation (RAR) of galaxies over a large dynamic range. We improve on previous weak-lensing studies in two ways. First, we compute stellar masses using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-10 Tobias Mistele , Stacy McGaugh , Federico Lelli , James Schombert , Pengfei Li

We present new results on the kinematics and spatial distribution of metal-enriched gas within 125 kpc (physical) of Lyman Break galaxies at redshifts z~2-3. In particular, we demonstrate how rest-UV galaxy spectra can be used to obtain key…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 C. C. Steidel , D. K. Erb , A. E. Shapley , M. Pettini , N. A. Reddy , M. Bogosavljević , G. C. Rudie , O. Rakic

We present reduced and calibrated high resolution Lyman-alpha (Lya) images for a sample of 6 local star forming galaxies. Targets were selected to represent a range in luminosity and metallicity and to include both known Lya emitters and…

Understanding the production and escape of Lyman $\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) radiation from star-forming galaxies is a long standing problem in astrophysics. The ability to predict the Ly$\alpha$ luminosity of galaxies would open up new ways of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-08 Axel Runnholm , Matthew Hayes , Jens Melinder , Emil Rivera-Thorsen , Göran Östlin , John Cannon , Daniel Kunth

Exploring the origin of Ly-alpha nebulae (blobs) requires measurements of their gas kinematics that are impossible with only the resonant, optically-thick LyA line. To define gas motions relative to the systemic velocity of the blob, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Yujin Yang , Ann Zabludoff , Knud Jahnke , Daniel Eisenstein , Romeel Davé , Stephen A. Shectman , Daniel D. Kelson

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 compute the 3D cross-correlation between the absorption of the $z\sim 2.3$ Lyman-alpha forest measured by the COSMOS Lyman-Alpha Mapping And Tomography Observations (CLAMATO) survey, and 1642 foreground galaxies with spectroscopic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-28 Benjamin Zhang , Khee-Gan Lee , Andrei Cuceu , Andreu Font-Ribera , Rieko Momose

The general properties of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs) in the local universe are well known since large samples of these objects have been the subject of numerous spectroscopic works. There are, however,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Almudena Alonso-Herrero , Macarena Garcia-Marin , Javier Rodriguez Zaurin , Ana Monreal-Ibero , Luis Colina , Santiago Arribas

We present results of a study comparing the relative velocity of $\rm Ly\alpha$ absorbers to the rotation velocity of nearby galaxy disks in the local universe ($z \leq 0.03$). We have obtained rotation curves via long-slit spectroscopy of…

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