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We present an analysis of the spatial clustering of 695 Ly$\alpha$-emitting galaxies (LAE) in the MUSE-Wide survey. All objects have spectroscopically confirmed redshifts in the range $3.3<z<6$. We employ the K-estimator of Adelberger et…

We present results from a survey of galaxies in the fields of six z>3 Damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We report a high detection rate of up to ~80% of…

We conduct intensity mapping to probe for extended diffuse Ly$\alpha$ emission around Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) at $z\sim2-7$, exploiting very deep ($\sim26$ mag at $5\sigma$) and large-area ($\sim4.5$ deg$^2$) Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam…

High redshift galaxies selected on the basis of their strong Lyman-alpha emission tend to be young ages and small physical sizes. We show this by analyzing the spectral energy distribution (SED) of 9 Lyman-alpha emitting (LAE) galaxies at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Norbert Pirzkal , Sangeeta Malhotra , James E. Rhoads , Chun Xu

We report the discovery of 56 new Lyman-alpha-emitting candidates (LECs) at redshift z=2.5 in a field of 8'x14' around two previously known weak radio QSOs and a cosmic microwave background decrement (CMBD) that is plausibly due to the…

Aims. Ly-alpha emitters (LAEs) can be detected out to very high redshifts during the epoch of reionization. The evolution of the LAE luminosity function with redshift is a direct probe of the Ly-alpha transmission of the intergalactic…

We model the $z \geq 6.6$ Ly$\alpha$ luminosity function to estimate the number of lensed high$-z$ Ly$\alpha$ emitters that may be detected by the Euclid Deep Survey. To span the whole range of possible predictions we exploit two Ly$\alpha$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-02 Lucia Marchetti , Stephen Serjeant , Mattia Vaccari

We report on a search for ultraluminous Lyman alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) at z=6.6 using the NB921 filter on Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru telescope. We searched a 30 degree squared area around the North Ecliptic Pole, which we…

High-redshift Lyman continuum emitters (LCEs) are crucial for understanding how galaxies ionize the neutral hydrogen in the epoch of reionization. However, detected LCEs at $z > 4$ are quite rare. Here we report an LCE candidate at $z =…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-04 Shuairu Zhu , Zhen-Ya Zheng , Fuyan Bian , Fang-Ting Yuan , Chunyan Jiang , Xiaer Zhang , Ruqiu Lin , Yucheng Guo

Simulations of structure formation in the Universe predict that galaxies are embedded in a "cosmic web", where the majority of baryons reside as rarefied and highly ionized gas. This material has been studied for decades in absorption…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-15 Sebastiano Cantalupo , Fabrizio Arrigoni-Battaia , J. Xavier Prochaska , Joseph F. Hennawi , Piero Madau

We present a semi-analytical model of star formation which explains simultaneously the observed UV luminosity function of high redshift Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) and luminosity functions of Lyman-alpha emitters. We consider both models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Saumyadip Samui , Raghunathan Srianand , Kandaswamy Subramanian

We use very large cosmological Smoothed-Particle-Hydrodynamics simulations to study the properties of high redshift Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs). We identify star-forming galaxies at z=3.1 in a cosmological volume of 100 h^-1Mpc on a side.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Ikkoh Shimizu , Naoki Yoshida , Takashi Okamoto

We report on the results of deep and wide-field (1.1 deg$^2$) narrow-band observations with Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) of a field around a hyperluminous QSO (HLQSO), HS1549+1919, residing in a protocluster at $z=2.84$, to map the…

We present results from a narrow-band optical survey of a contiguous area of 1.95 deg^2, covered by the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). Both optical narrow-band (lambda_c = 8150 AA and Delta_lambda = 120 AA) and broad-band (B, V, g', r',…

We investigate the large-scale structure of Lyman-alpha emission intensity in the Universe at redshifts z=2-3.5 using cross-correlation techniques. Our Lya emission samples are spectra of BOSS Luminous Red Galaxies from Data Release 12 with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Rupert A. C. Croft , Jordi Miralda-Escudé , Zheng Zheng , Michael Blomqvist , Matthew Pieri

Ly$\alpha$ Emitters (LAEs) may represent an important galaxy population in the low mass regime. We present our deep narrowband imaging surveys in the COSMOS and ECDF-S fields and study the properties of LAEs at $z=2.23\pm0.03$. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-19 Cai-Na Hao , Jia-Sheng Huang , Xiaoyang Xia , Xianzhong Zheng , Chunyan Jiang , Cheng Li

With a projected size of about 450 kpc at z~2.3, the Slug Ly-alpha nebula is a rare laboratory to study, in emission, the properties of the intergalactic gas in the Cosmic Web. Since its discovery, the Slug has been the subject of several…

We present a spectroscopic survey of 318 faint $(R\sim 27$, $L\sim0.1L_*)$, Ly{\alpha}-emission-selected galaxies (LAEs) at 2.5<z<3. A sample of 32 LAEs with rest-frame optical spectra from Keck/MOSFIRE are used to interpret the LAE spectra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 Ryan F. Trainor , Charles C. Steidel , Allison L. Strom , Gwen C. Rudie

We carried out extended spectroscopic confirmations of Ly-alpha emitters (LAEs) at z=6.5 and 5.7 in the Subaru Deep Field. Now, the total number of spectroscopically confirmed LAEs is 45 and 54 at z=6.5 and 5.7, respectively, and at least…

We report the serendipitous detection in high-resolution optical spectroscopy of a strong, asymmetric Ly-alpha emission line at z = 5.190. The detection was made in a 2.25 hour exposure with the Echelle Spectrograph and Imager on the Keck…