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The kinematics of damped Lyman alpha absorbers (DLAs) are difficult to reproduce in hierarchical galaxy formation models, particularly the preponderance of wide systems. We investigate DLA kinematics at z=3 using high-resolution…

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Lyman-$\alpha$ photons are resonantly scattered by neutral hydrogen, and may therefore trace both the spatial extent and the kinematics of the gas surrounding galaxies. We present new observations of the extended Ly$\alpha$ halo of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-08 Dawn K. Erb , Charles C. Steidel , Yuguang Chen

The resonantly scattered Lyman-$\alpha$ line illuminates the extended halos of neutral hydrogen in the circumgalactic medium of galaxies. We present integral field Keck Cosmic Web Imager observations of double-peaked, spatially extended…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-25 Dawn K. Erb , Zhihui Li , Charles C. Steidel , Yuguang Chen , Max Gronke , Allison L. Strom , Ryan F. Trainor , Gwen C. Rudie

We present new spectroscopic observations of Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) Blob 2 ($z \sim$ 3.1). We observed extended Ly$\alpha$ emission in three distinct regions, where the highest Ly$\alpha$ surface brightness (SB) center is far away from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-20 Zhihui Li , Charles C. Steidel , Max Gronke , Yuguang Chen , Yuichi Matsuda

The escape of Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) radiation encodes valuable information on the neutral interstellar medium and is often used as a proxy for the escape of ionizing photons. Yet, the theory of Ly$\alpha$ transfer through anisotropic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 Silvia Almada Monter , Max Gronke , Seok-Jun Chang

The Ly$\alpha$ line is a powerful probe of distant galaxies, which contains information about inflowing/outflowing gas through which Ly$\alpha$ photons scatter. To develop our understanding of this probe, we post-process a zoom-in…

Gas kinematics affect the radiative transfer and escape of hydrogen Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) emission from galaxies. We investigate this interplay empirically by relating the ionised gas kinematics of 42 galaxies in the extended…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-29 E. C. Herenz , A. Schaible , P. Laursen , A. Runnholm , J. Melinder , A. Le Reste , M. J. Hayes , G. Östlin , J. Cannon , G. Micheva , M. Roth , K. Saha

We analyse the properties of circumgalactic gas around simulated galaxies in the redshift range z >= 3, utilising a new sample of cosmological zoom simulations. These simulations are intended to be representative of the observed samples of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-27 Peter Mitchell , Jeremy Blaizot , Julien Devriendt , Taysun Kimm , Leo Michel-Dansac , Joakim Rosdahl , Adrianne Slyz

We present $^{29}$SiO(J=8--7) $\nu$=0, SiS (J=19--18) $\nu$=0, and $^{28}$SiO (J=8--7) $\nu$=1 molecular line archive observations made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) of the molecular outflow associated with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 J. A. López-Vázquez , Luis A. Zapata , Susana Lizano , Jorge Cantó

Lyman-alpha (Ly{\alpha}) photons from ionizing sources and cooling radiation undergo a complex resonant scattering process that generates unique spectral signatures in high-redshift galaxies. We present a detailed Ly{\alpha} radiative…

Cosmic ray (CR) feedback has been proposed as a powerful mechanism for driving warm gas outflows in galaxies. We use cosmological magnetohydrodynamic simulations to investigate the impact of CR feedback on neutral hydrogen (HI) in a…

Spatially extended halos of H I Ly$\alpha$ emission are now ubiquitously found around high-redshift star-forming galaxies. But our understanding of the nature and powering mechanisms of these halos is still hampered by the complex radiative…

Outflows are observed in a variety of astrophysical sources. Remarkably, ultra-fast ($v\geq 0.1c$), outflows in the UV and X-ray bands are often seen in AGNs. Depending on their energy and mass outflow rate, respectively $\dot{E}_{out},…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-15 A. Luminari , F. Tombesi , E. Piconcelli , F. Nicastro , K. Fukumura , D. Kazanas , F. Fiore , L. Zappacosta

We perform two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of slowly rotating accretion flows in the region of $ 0.01-7\, \mathrm{pc} $ around a supermassive black holes with $ M_\mathrm{BH} = 10^{8} M_{\odot} $. The accretion flow is irradiated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-23 Amin Mosallanezhad , Feng Yuan , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Fatemeh Zahra Zeraatgari , De-Fu Bu

Lyman-$\alpha$ transits have been detected from several nearby exoplanets and are one of our best insights into the atmospheric escape process. However, due to ISM absorption, we typically only observe the transit signature in the…

We present calculations of ultraviolet spectra resulting from the scattering of photons by gas in-falling onto an isotropically emitting source of radiation. The model is based on an adaptation of the semi-analytical line transfer (SALT)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-09 Cody Carr , Claudia Scarlata

We analyze rest-frame optical morphologies and gas-phase kinematics as traced by rest-frame far-UV and optical spectra for a sample of 204 star forming galaxies in the redshift range z ~ 2-3 drawn from the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 David R. Law , Charles C. Steidel , Alice E. Shapley , Sarah R. Nagy , Naveen A. Reddy , Dawn K. Erb

Feedback driven massive outflows play a crucial role in galaxy evolution by regulating star formation and influencing the dynamics of surrounding media. Extracting outflow properties from spectral lines is a notoriously difficult process…

We study the hydrogen Lyman emission in various solar features - now including Lyman-alpha observations free from geocoronal absorption - and investigate statistically the imprint of flows and of the magnetic field on the line profile and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Werner Curdt , Hui Tian , Eckart Marsch

We present the Lensed Lyman-Alpha MUSE Arcs Sample (LLAMAS) selected from MUSE and HST observations of 17 lensing clusters. The sample consists of 603 continuum-faint (-23<M_UV<-14) lensed Lyman-alpha emitters (producing 959 images) with…