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We present the first simulations of the high-redshift Ly$\alpha$ intensity field that account for scattering in the intergalactic medium (IGM). Using a 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer code, we find that Ly$\alpha$ scattering smooths…

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Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) emitting galaxies are powerful tools to probe the late stages of cosmic reionization. The observed sudden drop in Ly$\alpha$ fraction at $z>6$ is often interpreted as a sign of reionization, since the…

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We present a quantitative model of Lyman-alpha (Ly-alpha) emission throughout cosmic history and determine the prospects for intensity mapping of spatial fluctuations in the Ly-alpha signal. Since i) our model assumes at z>6 the minimum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Anthony Pullen , Olivier Dore , Jamie Bock

During reionization, intergalactic ionization fronts (I-fronts) are sources of Ly$\alpha$ line radiation produced by collisional excitation of hydrogen atoms within the fronts. In principle, detecting this emission could provide direct…

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Ly$\alpha$ intensity mapping is emerging as a new probe of faint galaxies consisting the cosmic web that elude traditional surveys. However, the resonant nature of Ly$\alpha$ radiative transfer complicates the interpretation of observed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 Hyunbae Park , Hyunmi Song , Chris Byrohl , Aaron Smith , Yajima Hidenobu , Zarija Lukić

We present a study of the cosmological Ly$\alpha$ emission signal at $z > 4$. Our goal is to predict the power spectrum of the spatial fluctuations that could be observed by an intensity mapping survey. The model uses the latest data from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 P. Comaschi , A. Ferrara

We investigate Lyman-alpha (Ly$\alpha$) transmission spikes at $5.2 < z < 6.8$ using synthetic quasar spectra from the ``Cosmic Reionization On Computers" simulations. We focus on understanding the relationship between these spikes and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-01 Hanjue Zhu , Nickolay Gnedin , Camille Avestruz

We study the intergalactic transmission of radiation in the vicinity of the Ly{\alpha} wavelength. Simulating sightlines through the intergalactic medium (IGM) in detailed cosmological hydrosimulations, the impact of the IGM on the shape of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Peter Laursen , Jesper Sommer-Larsen , Alexei O. Razoumov

The amplitude of the ionizing background that pervades the intergalactic medium (IGM) at the end of the epoch of reionization provides a valuable constraint on the emissivity of the sources which reionized the Universe. While measurements…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 Frederick B. Davies , Joseph F. Hennawi , Anna-Christina Eilers , Zarija Lukić

Using the CoDa II simulation, we study the Ly$\alpha$ transmissivity of the intergalactic medium (IGM) during reionization. At $z>6$, a typical galaxy without an active galactic nucleus fails to form a proximity zone around itself due to…

We calculate the absolute intensity and anisotropies of the Lyman-alpha radiation field present during the epoch of reionization. We consider emission from both galaxies and the intergalactic medium (IGM) and take into account the main…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Marta B. Silva , Mario G. Santos , Yan Gong , Asantha Cooray , James Bock

The Ly$\alpha$ emission line is one of the most promising probes of cosmic reionisation but isolating the signature of a change in the ionisation state of the IGM is challenging because of intrinsic evolution and internal radiation transfer…

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…

Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) spectra provide insights into the small-scale structure and kinematics of neutral hydrogen (HI) within galaxies as well as the ionization state of the intergalactic medium (IGM). The former defines the intrinsic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-21 Chris Byrohl , Max Gronke

We study 21cm and Ly$\mathrm{\alpha}$ fluctuations, as well as H$\mathrm{\alpha}$, while distinguishing between Ly$\mathrm{\alpha}$ emission of galactic, diffuse, and scattered intergalactic medium (IGM) origin. Cross-correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 Caroline Heneka , Asantha Cooray , Chang Feng

We calculate the impact of the intergalactic medium (IGM) on the observed Lyman alpha lines (hereafter Lya) emitted by galaxies in an ionised IGM at z>4. Our model accounts for gas clumping in the IGM and for the fact that high-redshift…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Mark Dijkstra , Adam Lidz , Stuart Wyithe

We present a new flexible Bayesian framework for directly inferring the fraction of neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR, z~6-10) from detections and non-detections of Lyman Alpha…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 Charlotte A. Mason , Tommaso Treu , Mark Dijkstra , Andrei Mesinger , Michele Trenti , Laura Pentericci , Stephane de Barros , Eros Vanzella

We present a study of intergalactic medium (IGM) transmission at $4.5 < z < 6.5$ using high-signal-to-noise JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy of 143 galaxies at $5<z<7$ from the CAPERS and JADES surveys. By comparing the observed flux…

We perform a systematic study of how the inhomogeneities in the Inter-Galactic Medium (IGM) affect the observability of Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) around the Epoch of Reionization. We focus on the IGM close to the galaxies as the detailed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-30 Akila Jeeson-Daniel , Benedetta Ciardi , Umberto Maio , Marco Pierleoni , Mark Dijkstra , Antonella Maselli

We present a new investigation of the thermal history of the intergalactic medium (IGM) during and after reionization using the Lyman-$\alpha$ forest flux power spectrum at $4.0\lesssim z\lesssim5.2$. Using a sample of 15 high-resolution…

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