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The study of Ly-alpha emission in the high-redshift universe is a useful probe of the epoch of reionization, as the Ly-alpha line should be attenuated by the intergalactic medium (IGM) at low to moderate neutral hydrogen fractions. Here we…

While the Lyman-$\alpha$ ($\mathrm{Ly}\alpha$) emission line serves as an important tool in the study of galaxies at $z\lesssim 6$, finding Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAE) at significantly higher redshifts has been more challenging, probably…

We explore how to mitigate the clustering distortions in Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) samples caused by the miss-identification of the Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) wavelength in their Ly$\alpha$ line profiles. We use the Ly$\alpha$ line…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-28 Siddhartha Gurung-Lopez , Shun Saito , Carlton M. Baugh , Silvia Bonoli , Cedric G. Lacey , Alvaro A. Orsi

Existing ubiquitously in the Universe with the highest luminosity, the Lyman-$\alpha$ emission line encodes abundant physical information about the gaseous medium it interacts with. Nevertheless, the resonant nature of Ly$\alpha$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-11 Zhihui Li , Max Gronke

We compare the physical and morphological properties of z ~ 2 Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) identified in the HETDEX Pilot Survey and narrow band studies with those of z ~ 2 optical emission line galaxies (oELGs) identified via HST…

We report the observation of a further asymmetric, extended Lyman alpha emitting halo at z=2.63, from our ultra-deep, long-slit spectroscopic survey of faint high redshift emitters, undertaken with Magellan LDSS3 in the GOODS-S field. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Michael Rauch , George D. Becker , Martin G. Haehnelt , Jean-Rene Gauthier , Wallace L. W. Sargent

We present a spatially resolved stacked analysis of 287 LAEs at $z>4$ observed with JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy. By constructing a two-dimensional stack from public surveys (CAPERS, CEERS, JADES, and RUBIES), we probe the average…

The Lyman $\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) line from high-redshift galaxies is a powerful probe of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) can significantly attenuate the emergent Ly$\alpha$ line, even in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-17 Samuel Gagnon-Hartman , Andrei Mesinger , Ivan Nikolić , Eleonora Parlanti , Giacomo Venturi

Ultraviolet spectrographs aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) have proved their value as sensitive probes of the low-density intergalactic medium (IGM) at low redshifts (z < 0.1).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Michael Shull

In the last decade, the technique of finding Ly-alpha emitters through narrow-band imaging has become a promising method of detecting high redshift galaxies. Ly-alpha emitters have been found from redshifts z ~ 2, up to the highest redshift…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kim K. Nilsson , Johan P. U. Fynbo , Palle Moller , Alvaro Orsi

We report that Ly$\alpha$-emitting galaxies (LAEs) may not faithfully trace the cosmic web of neutral hydrogen (HI), but their distribution is likely biased depending on the viewing direction. We calculate the cross-correlation (CCF)…

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;…

The presence of neutral hydrogen in the inter-stellar medium (ISM) and inter-galactic medium (IGM) induces radiative transfer (RT) effects on Ly{\alpha} photons which affect the observability of Ly{\alpha} emitters (LAEs). We use the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 T. Hough , S. Gurung-López , A. Orsi , S. A. Cora , C. G. Lacey , C. M. Baugh

We describe new JWST/NIRSpec observations of galaxies at $z\gtrsim7$ taken from the CEERS survey. Previous observations of this area have revealed associations of Ly$\alpha$ emitters at redshifts ($z=7.5$, $7.7$, $8.7$) where the…

A significant fraction of Lyman Alpha (Lya) emitting galaxies (LAEs) at z> 5.7 have rest-frame equivalent widths (EW) greater than ~100 Angstrom. However only a small fraction of the Lya flux produced by a galaxy is transmitted through the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Mark Dijkstra , Stuart Wyithe

The VLT Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) integral-field spectrograph can detect Ly\alpha{} emitters (LAE) in the redshift range $2.8 \lesssim z \lesssim 6.7$ in a homogeneous way. Ongoing MUSE surveys will notably probe faint…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-09 Thibault Garel , Bruno Guiderdoni , Jérémy Blaizot

We explore the relationship between the spectral shape of the Ly{\alpha} emission and the UV morphology of the host galaxy using a sample of 304 Ly{\alpha}-emitting BV i-dropouts at 3 < z < 7 in the GOODS and COSMOS fields. Using our…

We present a study of Lyman continuum (LyC) emission in a sample of $\sim$150 Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) at $z\approx3.1$ in the Subaru-XMM Deep Survey field. These LAEs were previously selected using the narrowband technique and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-12 Yuchen Liu , Linhua Jiang , Rogier A. Windhorst , Yucheng Guo , Zhenya Zheng

Using new Keck DEIMOS spectroscopy, we examine the origin of the steep number counts of ultra-faint emission-line galaxies recently reported by Dressler et al. (2011). We confirm six Lyman Alpha emitters (LAEs), three of which have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Alaina Henry , Crystal Martin , Alan Dressler , Marcin Sawicki , Patrick McCarthy