Physical Properties of Galaxies from z = 2–4

AE Shapley - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The epoch of galaxy assembly from 2⩽ z⩽ 4 marks a critical stage during the evolution of
today's galaxy population. During this period, the star-formation activity in the Universe was …

The synchrony of production and escape: half the bright Lyα emitters at z ≈ 2 have Lyman continuum escape fractions ≈50

RP Naidu, J Matthee, PA Oesch… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The ionizing photon escape fraction [Lyman continuum (LyC) f esc] of star-forming galaxies
is the single greatest unknown in the reionization budget. Stochastic sightline effects prohibit …

The Keck Lyman Continuum Spectroscopic Survey (KLCS): The Emergent Ionizing Spectrum of Galaxies at z∼ 3∗

CC Steidel, M Bogosavljević, AE Shapley… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The Keck Lyman Continuum Spectroscopic Survey (KLCS): The Emergent Ionizing Spectrum
of Galaxies at z ∼ 3 - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you …

The Hobby–Eberly telescope dark energy experiment (HETDEX) survey design, reductions, and detections

K Gebhardt, EM Cooper, R Ciardullo… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the survey design, calibration, commissioning, and emission-line detection
algorithms for the Hobby–Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX). The goal of …

Texas spectroscopic search for Lyα emission at the end of reionization. III. The Lyα equivalent-width distribution and ionized structures at z> 7

I Jung, SL Finkelstein, M Dickinson… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Lyα emission from galaxies can be utilized to characterize the ionization state in the
intergalactic medium (IGM). We report our search for Lyα emission at z> 7 using a …

The HETDEX instrumentation: Hobby–Eberly telescope wide-field upgrade and VIRUS

GJ Hill, H Lee, PJ MacQueen, A Kelz… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Hobby–Eberly Telescope (HET) Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is
undertaking a blind wide-field low-resolution spectroscopic survey of 540 deg 2 of sky to …

Galaxy Zoo Green Peas: discovery of a class of compact extremely star-forming galaxies

C Cardamone, K Schawinski, M Sarzi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We investigate a class of rapidly growing emission line galaxies, known as 'Green Peas', first
noted by volunteers in the Galaxy Zoo project because of their peculiar bright green colour …

Lyα emission from Green Peas: the role of circumgalactic gas density, covering, and kinematics

A Henry, C Scarlata, CL Martin… - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We report Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph observations
of the Lyα emission and interstellar absorption lines in a sample of 10 star-forming galaxies …

SILVERRUSH. IV. Lyα luminosity functions at z = 5.7 and 6.6 studied with ∼1300 Lyα emitters on the 14–21 deg2 sky

A Konno, M Ouchi, T Shibuya, Y Ono… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present the Lyα luminosity functions (LFs) at z= 5.7 and 6.6 derived from a new large
sample of 1266 Lyα emitters (LAEs) identified in total areas of 14 and 21 deg2, respectively …

Diffuse Lyα emitting halos: a generic property of high-redshift star-forming galaxies

CC Steidel, M Bogosavljević, AE Shapley… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a sample of 92 UV continuum-selected, spectroscopically identified galaxies with<
z>= 2.65, all of which have been imaged in the Lyα line with extremely deep narrow-band …