Galaxy Formation and Reionization: Key Unknowns and Expected Breakthroughs by the James Webb Space Telescope

BE Robertson - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in late 2021 marks a new start for
studies of galaxy formation at high redshift (z≳ 6) during the era of cosmic reionization …

A review of recent observations of galactic winds driven by star formation

DSN Rupke - Galaxies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Galaxy-scale outflows of gas, or galactic winds (GWs), driven by energy from star formation
are a pivotal mechanism for regulation of star formation in the current model of galaxy …

The low-redshift Lyman continuum survey. I. New, diverse local Lyman continuum emitters

SR Flury, AE Jaskot, HC Ferguson… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The origins of Lyman continuum (LyC) photons responsible for the reionization of the
universe are as of yet unknown and highly contested. Detecting LyC photons from the Epoch …

Low-redshift Lyman continuum leaking galaxies with high [O iii]/[O ii] ratios

YI Izotov, G Worseck, D Schaerer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present observations with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) onboard the Hubble
Space Telescope of five star-forming galaxies at redshifts in the range 0.2993–0.4317 and …

The [O iii]+H β equivalent width distribution at z ≃ 7: implications for the contribution of galaxies to reionization

R Endsley, DP Stark, J Chevallard… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We quantify the distribution of [O iii]+ H β line strengths at z≃ 7 using a sample of 20 bright
(≲–21) galaxies. We select these systems over wide-area fields (2.3 deg2 total) using a new …

J1154+ 2443: a low-redshift compact star-forming galaxy with a 46 per cent leakage of Lyman continuum photons

YI Izotov, D Schaerer, G Worseck… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We report the detection of the Lyman continuum (LyC) radiation of the compact star-forming
galaxy (SFG) J1154+ 2443 observed with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) onboard …

An extreme blue nugget, UV-bright starburst at z = 3.613 with 90 per cent of Lyman continuum photon escape

R Marques-Chaves, D Schaerer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present the discovery and analysis of J1316+ 2614 at z= 3.6130, a UV-bright star-
forming galaxy (M UV≃− 24.7) with large escape of Lyman continuum (LyC) radiation …

Constraints on the production and escape of ionizing radiation from the emission-line spectra of metal-poor star-forming galaxies

A Plat, S Charlot, G Bruzual, A Feltre… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We explore the production and escape of ionizing photons in young galaxies by
investigating the ultraviolet and optical emission-line properties of models of ionization …

New Insights on Lyα and Lyman Continuum Radiative Transfer in the Greenest Peas

AE Jaskot, T Dowd, MS Oey, C Scarlata… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As some of the only Lyman continuum (LyC) emitters at z∼ 0, Green Pea (GP) galaxies are
possible analogs of the sources that reionized the universe. We present HST COS spectra of …

The origin of the escape of Lyman α and ionizing photons in Lyman continuum emitters

S Gazagnes, J Chisholm, D Schaerer… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Identifying the physical mechanisms driving the escape of Lyman continuum (LyC)
photons is crucial for the search of Lyman continuum emitter (LCE) candidates. Aims. To …