---
_id: '11521'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'The cosmic ionizing emissivity from star-forming galaxies has long been anchored
to UV luminosity functions. Here, we introduce an emissivity framework based on
Lyα emitters (LAEs), which naturally hones in on the subset of galaxies responsible
for the ionizing background due to the intimate connection between production
and escape of Lyα and LyC photons. Using constraints on the escape fractions of
bright LAEs (LLyα > 0.2L*) at z ≈ 2 obtained from resolved Lyα profiles, and arguing
for their redshift-invariance, we show that: (i) quasars and LAEs together reproduce
the relatively flat emissivity at z ≈ 2–6, which is non-trivial given the strong
evolution in both the star formation density and quasar number density at these
epochs and (ii) LAEs produce late and rapid reionization between z ≈ 6−9 under
plausible assumptions. Within this framework, the >10 × rise in the UV population-averaged
fesc between z ≈ 3–7 naturally arises due to the same phenomena that drive the
growing LAE fraction with redshift. Generally, a LAE dominated emissivity yields
a peak in the distribution of the ionizing budget with UV luminosity as reported
in latest simulations. Using our adopted parameters (fesc=50 per cent, ξion
= 1025.9 Hz erg−1 for half the bright LAEs), a highly ionizing minority of galaxies
with MUV < −17 accounts for the entire ionizing budget from star-forming galaxies.
Rapid flashes of LyC from such rare galaxies produce a ‘disco’ ionizing background.
We conclude proposing tests to further develop our suggested Lyα-anchored formalism.'
acknowledgement: We thank an anonymous referee for an encouraging and constructive
report that helped improving the quality of this work. We acknowledge illuminating
conversations with Xiaohan Wu, Chris Cain, Anna-Christina Eilers, Simon Lilly and
Ruari Mackenzie. RPN gratefully acknowledges an Ashford Fellowship granted by Harvard
University. MG was supported by NASA through the NASA Hubble Fellowship grant HST-HF2-51409.
PO acknowledges support from the Swiss National Science Foundation through the SNSF
Professorship grant 190079. GP acknowledges support from the Netherlands Research
School for Astronomy (NOVA). MH is fellow of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
DE is supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) through Astronomy &
Astrophysics grant AST-1909198. The Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is funded by the Danish
National Research Foundation under grant No. 140. RA acknowledges support from Fondecyt
Regular Grant 1202007. ST is supported by the 2021 Research Fund 1.210134.01 of
UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology). MLl acknowledges support
from the ANID/Scholarship Program/Doctorado Nacional/2019-21191036. JC acknowledges
support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, project PID2019-107408GB-C43
(ESTALLIDOS) and from Gobierno de Canarias through EU FEDER funding, project PID2020010050.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Jorryt J
full_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
id: 7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
last_name: Matthee
orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
- first_name: Rohan P.
full_name: Naidu, Rohan P.
last_name: Naidu
- first_name: Gabriele
full_name: Pezzulli, Gabriele
last_name: Pezzulli
- first_name: Max
full_name: Gronke, Max
last_name: Gronke
- first_name: David
full_name: Sobral, David
last_name: Sobral
- first_name: Pascal A.
full_name: Oesch, Pascal A.
last_name: Oesch
- first_name: Matthew
full_name: Hayes, Matthew
last_name: Hayes
- first_name: Dawn
full_name: Erb, Dawn
last_name: Erb
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Schaerer, Daniel
last_name: Schaerer
- first_name: Ricardo
full_name: Amorín, Ricardo
last_name: Amorín
- first_name: Sandro
full_name: Tacchella, Sandro
last_name: Tacchella
- first_name: Ana Paulino-Afonso
full_name: Ana Paulino-Afonso, Ana Paulino-Afonso
last_name: Ana Paulino-Afonso
- first_name: Mario
full_name: Llerena, Mario
last_name: Llerena
- first_name: João
full_name: Calhau, João
last_name: Calhau
- first_name: Huub
full_name: Röttgering, Huub
last_name: Röttgering
citation:
ama: 'Matthee JJ, Naidu RP, Pezzulli G, et al. (Re)Solving reionization with Lyα:
How bright Lyα emitters account for the z ≈ 2 − 8 cosmic ionizing background.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2022;512(4):5960-5977.
doi:10.1093/mnras/stac801'
apa: 'Matthee, J. J., Naidu, R. P., Pezzulli, G., Gronke, M., Sobral, D., Oesch,
P. A., … Röttgering, H. (2022). (Re)Solving reionization with Lyα: How bright
Lyα emitters account for the z ≈ 2 − 8 cosmic ionizing background. Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac801'
chicago: 'Matthee, Jorryt J, Rohan P. Naidu, Gabriele Pezzulli, Max Gronke, David
Sobral, Pascal A. Oesch, Matthew Hayes, et al. “(Re)Solving Reionization with
Lyα: How Bright Lyα Emitters Account for the z ≈ 2 − 8 Cosmic Ionizing Background.”
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press,
2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac801.'
ieee: 'J. J. Matthee et al., “(Re)Solving reionization with Lyα: How bright
Lyα emitters account for the z ≈ 2 − 8 cosmic ionizing background,” Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 512, no. 4. Oxford University
Press, pp. 5960–5977, 2022.'
ista: 'Matthee JJ, Naidu RP, Pezzulli G, Gronke M, Sobral D, Oesch PA, Hayes M,
Erb D, Schaerer D, Amorín R, Tacchella S, Ana Paulino-Afonso AP-A, Llerena M,
Calhau J, Röttgering H. 2022. (Re)Solving reionization with Lyα: How bright Lyα
emitters account for the z ≈ 2 − 8 cosmic ionizing background. Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(4), 5960–5977.'
mla: 'Matthee, Jorryt J., et al. “(Re)Solving Reionization with Lyα: How Bright
Lyα Emitters Account for the z ≈ 2 − 8 Cosmic Ionizing Background.” Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 512, no. 4, Oxford University
Press, 2022, pp. 5960–77, doi:10.1093/mnras/stac801.'
short: J.J. Matthee, R.P. Naidu, G. Pezzulli, M. Gronke, D. Sobral, P.A. Oesch,
M. Hayes, D. Erb, D. Schaerer, R. Amorín, S. Tacchella, A.P.-A. Ana Paulino-Afonso,
M. Llerena, J. Calhau, H. Röttgering, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society 512 (2022) 5960–5977.
date_created: 2022-07-07T09:21:30Z
date_published: 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-10-14T11:32:26Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac801
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2110.11967'
intvolume: ' 512'
issue: '4'
keyword:
- 'galaxies: high-redshift'
- intergalactic medium
- 'cosmology: observations'
- dark ages
- reionization
- first stars
- 'ultraviolet: galaxies'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.11967
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 5960-5977
publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1365-2966
issn:
- 0035-8711
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: '(Re)Solving reionization with Lyα: How bright Lyα emitters account for the
z ≈ 2 − 8 cosmic ionizing background'
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 512
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '11522'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: The decline in abundance of Lyman-α (Lyα) emitting galaxies at z ≳ 6 is a
powerful and commonly used probe to constrain the progress of cosmic reionization.
We use the CODAII simulation, which is a radiation hydrodynamic simulation featuring
a box of ∼94 comoving Mpc side length, to compute the Lyα transmission properties
of the intergalactic medium (IGM) at z ∼ 5.8 to 7. Our results mainly confirm
previous studies, i.e. we find a declining Lyα transmission with redshift and
a large sightline-to-sightline variation. However, motivated by the recent discovery
of blue Lyα peaks at high redshift, we also analyse the IGM transmission on the
blue side, which shows a rapid decline at z ≳ 6 of the blue transmission. This
low transmission can be attributed not only to the presence of neutral regions
but also to the residual neutral hydrogen within ionized regions, for which a
density even as low as nHI∼10−9cm−3 (sometimes combined with kinematic effects)
leads to a significantly reduced visibility. Still, we find that ∼1 per cent of
sightlines towards M1600AB ∼ −21 galaxies at z ∼ 7 are transparent enough to allow
a transmission of a blue Lyα peak. We discuss our results in the context of the
interpretation of observations.
acknowledgement: The authors thank the referee for constructive feedback that improved
the outcome of this study. We are grateful to Antoinette Songaila Cowie for sharing
the ‘NEPLA4’ spectrum with us. This research has made use of NASA’s Astrophysics
Data System, and many open source projects such as trident (Hummels et al. 2017),
IPython (Pérez & Granger 2007), SciPy (Virtanen et al. 2019), NumPy (Walt et al.
2011), matplotlib (Hunter 2007), pandas (McKinney 2010), and the yt-project (Turk
et al. 2011). MG was supported by NASA through the NASA Hubble Fellowship grant
HST-HF2-51409 awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated
by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under
contract NAS5-26555. MG acknowledges support from NASA grants HST-GO-15643.017,
and HST-AR15797.001 as well as XSEDE grant TG-AST180036. CAM acknowledges support
by NASA Headquarters through the NASA Hubble Fellowship grant HST-HF2-51413.001-A.
PRS was supported in part by U.S. NSF grant AST-1009799, NASA grant NNX11AE09G,
and supercomputer resources from NSF XSEDE grant TG AST090005 and the Texas Advanced
Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin. JM acknowledges a
Zwicky Prize Fellowship from ETH Zurich. GY acknowledges financial support by MICIU/FEDER
under project grant PGC2018-094975-C21. SEIB acknowledges funding from the European
Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme (grant agreement No. 669253). ITI was supported by the Science and Technology
Facilities Council [grants ST/I000976/1, ST/F002858/1, ST/P000525/1, and ST/T000473/1];
and The Southeast Physics Network (SEPNet). KA was supported by NRF2016R1D1A1B04935414
and NRF-2016R1A5A1013277. KA also appreciates APCTP for its hospitality during completion
of this work. PO acknowledges support from the French ANR funded project ORAGE (ANR-14-CE33-0016).
ND and DA acknowledge funding from the French ANR for project ANR-12-JS05- 0001
(EMMA). The CoDa II simulation was performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Oak
Ridge Leadership Computing Facility on the Titan supercomputer (INCITE 2016 award
AST031). Processing was performed on the Eos and Rhea clusters. Resolution study
simulations were performed on Piz Daint at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center
(PRACE Tier 0 award, project id pr37). The authors would like to acknowledge the
High Performance Computing center of the University of Strasbourg for supporting
this work by providing scientific support and access to computing resources. Part
of the computing resources were funded by the Equipex EquipMeso project (Programme
Investissements d’Avenir) and the CPER Alsacalcul/Big Data.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Max
full_name: Gronke, Max
last_name: Gronke
- first_name: Pierre
full_name: Ocvirk, Pierre
last_name: Ocvirk
- first_name: Charlotte
full_name: Mason, Charlotte
last_name: Mason
- first_name: Jorryt J
full_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
id: 7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
last_name: Matthee
orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
- first_name: Sarah E I
full_name: Bosman, Sarah E I
last_name: Bosman
- first_name: Jenny G
full_name: Sorce, Jenny G
last_name: Sorce
- first_name: Joseph
full_name: Lewis, Joseph
last_name: Lewis
- first_name: Kyungjin
full_name: Ahn, Kyungjin
last_name: Ahn
- first_name: Dominique
full_name: Aubert, Dominique
last_name: Aubert
- first_name: Taha
full_name: Dawoodbhoy, Taha
last_name: Dawoodbhoy
- first_name: Ilian T
full_name: Iliev, Ilian T
last_name: Iliev
- first_name: Paul R
full_name: Shapiro, Paul R
last_name: Shapiro
- first_name: Gustavo
full_name: Yepes, Gustavo
last_name: Yepes
citation:
ama: Gronke M, Ocvirk P, Mason C, et al. Lyman-α transmission properties of the
intergalactic medium in the CoDaII simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society. 2021;508(3):3697-3709. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2762
apa: Gronke, M., Ocvirk, P., Mason, C., Matthee, J. J., Bosman, S. E. I., Sorce,
J. G., … Yepes, G. (2021). Lyman-α transmission properties of the intergalactic
medium in the CoDaII simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2762
chicago: Gronke, Max, Pierre Ocvirk, Charlotte Mason, Jorryt J Matthee, Sarah E
I Bosman, Jenny G Sorce, Joseph Lewis, et al. “Lyman-α Transmission Properties
of the Intergalactic Medium in the CoDaII Simulation.” Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2762.
ieee: M. Gronke et al., “Lyman-α transmission properties of the intergalactic
medium in the CoDaII simulation,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, vol. 508, no. 3. Oxford University Press, pp. 3697–3709, 2021.
ista: Gronke M, Ocvirk P, Mason C, Matthee JJ, Bosman SEI, Sorce JG, Lewis J, Ahn
K, Aubert D, Dawoodbhoy T, Iliev IT, Shapiro PR, Yepes G. 2021. Lyman-α transmission
properties of the intergalactic medium in the CoDaII simulation. Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508(3), 3697–3709.
mla: Gronke, Max, et al. “Lyman-α Transmission Properties of the Intergalactic Medium
in the CoDaII Simulation.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
vol. 508, no. 3, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 3697–709, doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2762.
short: M. Gronke, P. Ocvirk, C. Mason, J.J. Matthee, S.E.I. Bosman, J.G. Sorce,
J. Lewis, K. Ahn, D. Aubert, T. Dawoodbhoy, I.T. Iliev, P.R. Shapiro, G. Yepes,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508 (2021) 3697–3709.
date_created: 2022-07-07T09:30:21Z
date_published: 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-18T10:45:56Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2762
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2004.14496'
intvolume: ' 508'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- dark ages
- reionization
- first stars
- intergalactic medium
- 'galaxies: formation'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.14496
month: '12'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 3697-3709
publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1365-2966
issn:
- 0035-8711
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Lyman-α transmission properties of the intergalactic medium in the CoDaII simulation
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 508
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '11526'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We present the results from a MUSE survey of twelve z ≃ 3.15 quasars, which
were selected to be much fainter (20 < iSDSS < 23) than in previous studies of
giant Ly α nebulae around the brightest quasars (16.6 < iAB < 18.7). We detect
H I Ly α nebulae around 100 per cent of our target quasars, with emission extending
to scales of at least 60 physical kpc, and up to 190 pkpc. We explore correlations
between properties of the nebulae and their host quasars, with the goal of connecting
variations in the properties of the illuminating QSO to the response in nebular
emission. We show that the surface brightness profiles of the nebulae are similar
to those of nebulae around bright quasars, but with a lower normalization. Our
targeted quasars are on average 3.7 mag (≃30 times) fainter in UV continuum than
our bright reference sample, and yet the nebulae around them are only 4.3 times
fainter in mean Ly α surface brightness, measured between 20 and 50 pkpc. We find
significant correlations between the surface brightness of the nebula and the
luminosity of the quasar in both UV continuum and Ly α. The latter can be interpreted
as evidence for a substantial contribution from unresolved inner parts of the
nebulae to the narrow components seen in the Ly α lines of some of our faint quasars,
possibly from the inner circumgalactic medium or from the host galaxy’s interstellar
medium.
acknowledgement: The authors thank Daichi Kashino, for providing access to unpublished
zCOSMOS Deep data, and Jakob S. den Brok for sharing code used in den Brok et al.
(2020). GP and SC acknowledge the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation
[grant PP00P2163824]. SM is supported by the Experienced Researchers Fellowship,
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany. This work is based on observations collected
at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
under the MUSE GTO programme. The major analysis and production of figures in this
work was conducted in Python, using standard libraries which include NumPy (Harris
et al. 2020), SciPy (Virtanen et al. 2020), Matplotlib (Hunter 2007) and the interactive
command shell IPython (Pérez & Granger 2007). This research also made use of Astropy,
a community-developed core Python package for Astronomy (Astropy Collaboration et
al. 2013), and Photutils, an Astropy package for detection and photometry of astronomica
sources (Bradley et al. 2019). The python interface dustmaps (Green 2018) was used
to query galactic extinction maps. topcat, a graphical tool for manipulating tabular
data, was also utilized in this analysis (Taylor 2005). This research has made use
of the "Aladin sky atlas" developed at CDS, Strasbourg Observatory, France (Bonnarel
et al. 2000).
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Ruari
full_name: Mackenzie, Ruari
last_name: Mackenzie
- first_name: Gabriele
full_name: Pezzulli, Gabriele
last_name: Pezzulli
- first_name: Sebastiano
full_name: Cantalupo, Sebastiano
last_name: Cantalupo
- first_name: Raffaella A
full_name: Marino, Raffaella A
last_name: Marino
- first_name: Simon
full_name: Lilly, Simon
last_name: Lilly
- first_name: Sowgat
full_name: Muzahid, Sowgat
last_name: Muzahid
- first_name: Jorryt J
full_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
id: 7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
last_name: Matthee
orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
- first_name: Joop
full_name: Schaye, Joop
last_name: Schaye
- first_name: Lutz
full_name: Wisotzki, Lutz
last_name: Wisotzki
citation:
ama: Mackenzie R, Pezzulli G, Cantalupo S, et al. Revealing the impact of quasar
luminosity on giant Lyα nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society. 2021;502(1):494-509. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa3277
apa: Mackenzie, R., Pezzulli, G., Cantalupo, S., Marino, R. A., Lilly, S., Muzahid,
S., … Wisotzki, L. (2021). Revealing the impact of quasar luminosity on giant
Lyα nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford
University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3277
chicago: Mackenzie, Ruari, Gabriele Pezzulli, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Raffaella A
Marino, Simon Lilly, Sowgat Muzahid, Jorryt J Matthee, Joop Schaye, and Lutz Wisotzki.
“Revealing the Impact of Quasar Luminosity on Giant Lyα Nebulae.” Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3277.
ieee: R. Mackenzie et al., “Revealing the impact of quasar luminosity on
giant Lyα nebulae,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
vol. 502, no. 1. Oxford University Press, pp. 494–509, 2021.
ista: Mackenzie R, Pezzulli G, Cantalupo S, Marino RA, Lilly S, Muzahid S, Matthee
JJ, Schaye J, Wisotzki L. 2021. Revealing the impact of quasar luminosity on giant
Lyα nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(1), 494–509.
mla: Mackenzie, Ruari, et al. “Revealing the Impact of Quasar Luminosity on Giant
Lyα Nebulae.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 502,
no. 1, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 494–509, doi:10.1093/mnras/staa3277.
short: R. Mackenzie, G. Pezzulli, S. Cantalupo, R.A. Marino, S. Lilly, S. Muzahid,
J.J. Matthee, J. Schaye, L. Wisotzki, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society 502 (2021) 494–509.
date_created: 2022-07-07T10:11:15Z
date_published: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-18T10:56:28Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa3277
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2010.12589'
intvolume: ' 502'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- Space and Planetary Science
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 'techniques: imaging spectroscopy'
- intergalactic medium
- 'quasars: emission lines'
- 'quasars: general'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.12589
month: '03'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 494-509
publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1365-2966
issn:
- 0035-8711
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Revealing the impact of quasar luminosity on giant Lyα nebulae
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 502
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '11503'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Context. The Lyα emitter (LAE) fraction, XLAE, is a potentially powerful
probe of the evolution of the intergalactic neutral hydrogen gas fraction. However,
uncertainties in the measurement of XLAE are still under debate.\r\nAims. Thanks
to deep data obtained with the integral field spectrograph Multi Unit Spectroscopic
Explorer (MUSE), we can measure the evolution of the LAE fraction homogeneously
over a wide redshift range of z ≈ 3–6 for UV-faint galaxies (down to UV magnitudes
of M1500 ≈ −17.75). This is a significantly fainter range than in former studies
(M1500 ≤ −18.75) and it allows us to probe the bulk of the population of high-redshift
star-forming galaxies.\r\nMethods. We constructed a UV-complete photometric-redshift
sample following UV luminosity functions and measured the Lyα emission with MUSE
using the latest (second) data release from the MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey.\r\nResults.
We derived the redshift evolution of XLAE for M1500 ∈ [ − 21.75; −17.75] for the
first time with a equivalent width range EW(Lyα) ≥ 65 Å and found low values of
XLAE ≲ 30% at z ≲ 6. The best-fit linear relation is XLAE = 0.07+0.06−0.03z −
0.22+0.12−0.24. For M1500 ∈ [ − 20.25; −18.75] and EW(Lyα) ≥ 25 Å, our XLAE values
are consistent with those in the literature within 1σ at z ≲ 5, but our median
values are systematically lower than reported values over the whole redshift range.
In addition, we do not find a significant dependence of XLAE on M1500 for EW(Lyα)
≥ 50 Å at z ≈ 3–4, in contrast with previous work. The differences in XLAE mainly
arise from selection biases for Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) in the literature:
UV-faint LBGs are more easily selected if they have strong Lyα emission, hence
XLAE is biased towards higher values when those samples are used.\r\nConclusions.
Our results suggest either a lower increase of XLAE towards z ≈ 6 than previously
suggested, or even a turnover of XLAE at z ≈ 5.5, which may be the signature of
a late or patchy reionization process. We compared our results with predictions
from a cosmological galaxy evolution model. We find that a model with a bursty
star formation (SF) can reproduce our observed LAE fractions much better than
models where SF is a smooth function of time."
acknowledgement: We thank the anonymous referee for constructive comments and suggestions.
We would like to express our gratitude to Stephane De Barros and Pablo Arrabal Haro
for kindly providing their data plotted in Figs. 1, 2, and 8. We are grateful to
Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Masami Ouchi, Rieko Momose, Daniel Schaerer, Hidenobu Yajima,
Taku Okamura, Makoto Ando, and Hinako Goto for giving insightful comments and suggestions.
This work is based on observations taken by VLT, which is operated by European Southern
Observatory. This research made use of Astropy (http://www.astropy.org), which is
a community-developed core Python package for Astronomy (Astropy Collaboration 2013,
2018), MARZ, MPDAF, and matplotlib (Hunter 2007). H.K. acknowledges support from
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through the JSPS Research Fellowship
for Young Scientists and Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers. AV acknowledges
support from the ERC starting grant 757258-TRIPLE and the SNF Professorship 176808-TRIPLE.
This work was supported by the project FOGHAR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche,
ANR-13-BS05-0010-02). JB acknowledges support from the ORAGE project from the Agence
Nationale de la Recherche under grant ANR-14-CE33-0016-03. JR acknowledges support
from the ERC starting grant 336736-CALENDS. T. H. acknowledges supports by the Grant-inAid
for Scientic Research 19J01620.
article_number: A12
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Haruka
full_name: Kusakabe, Haruka
last_name: Kusakabe
- first_name: Jérémy
full_name: Blaizot, Jérémy
last_name: Blaizot
- first_name: Thibault
full_name: Garel, Thibault
last_name: Garel
- first_name: Anne
full_name: Verhamme, Anne
last_name: Verhamme
- first_name: Roland
full_name: Bacon, Roland
last_name: Bacon
- first_name: Johan
full_name: Richard, Johan
last_name: Richard
- first_name: Takuya
full_name: Hashimoto, Takuya
last_name: Hashimoto
- first_name: Hanae
full_name: Inami, Hanae
last_name: Inami
- first_name: Simon
full_name: Conseil, Simon
last_name: Conseil
- first_name: Bruno
full_name: Guiderdoni, Bruno
last_name: Guiderdoni
- first_name: Alyssa B.
full_name: Drake, Alyssa B.
last_name: Drake
- first_name: Edmund
full_name: Christian Herenz, Edmund
last_name: Christian Herenz
- first_name: Joop
full_name: Schaye, Joop
last_name: Schaye
- first_name: Pascal
full_name: Oesch, Pascal
last_name: Oesch
- first_name: Jorryt J
full_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
id: 7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
last_name: Matthee
orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
- first_name: Raffaella
full_name: Anna Marino, Raffaella
last_name: Anna Marino
- first_name: Kasper
full_name: Borello Schmidt, Kasper
last_name: Borello Schmidt
- first_name: Roser
full_name: Pelló, Roser
last_name: Pelló
- first_name: Michael
full_name: Maseda, Michael
last_name: Maseda
- first_name: Floriane
full_name: Leclercq, Floriane
last_name: Leclercq
- first_name: Josephine
full_name: Kerutt, Josephine
last_name: Kerutt
- first_name: Guillaume
full_name: Mahler, Guillaume
last_name: Mahler
citation:
ama: 'Kusakabe H, Blaizot J, Garel T, et al. The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey:
XIV. Evolution of the Lyα emitter fraction from z = 3 to z = 6. Astronomy &
Astrophysics. 2020;638. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201937340'
apa: 'Kusakabe, H., Blaizot, J., Garel, T., Verhamme, A., Bacon, R., Richard, J.,
… Mahler, G. (2020). The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XIV. Evolution of
the Lyα emitter fraction from z = 3 to z = 6. Astronomy & Astrophysics.
EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937340'
chicago: 'Kusakabe, Haruka, Jérémy Blaizot, Thibault Garel, Anne Verhamme, Roland
Bacon, Johan Richard, Takuya Hashimoto, et al. “The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Survey: XIV. Evolution of the Lyα Emitter Fraction from z = 3 to z = 6.” Astronomy
& Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937340.'
ieee: 'H. Kusakabe et al., “The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XIV.
Evolution of the Lyα emitter fraction from z = 3 to z = 6,” Astronomy &
Astrophysics, vol. 638. EDP Sciences, 2020.'
ista: 'Kusakabe H, Blaizot J, Garel T, Verhamme A, Bacon R, Richard J, Hashimoto
T, Inami H, Conseil S, Guiderdoni B, Drake AB, Christian Herenz E, Schaye J, Oesch
P, Matthee JJ, Anna Marino R, Borello Schmidt K, Pelló R, Maseda M, Leclercq F,
Kerutt J, Mahler G. 2020. The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XIV. Evolution
of the Lyα emitter fraction from z = 3 to z = 6. Astronomy & Astrophysics.
638, A12.'
mla: 'Kusakabe, Haruka, et al. “The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XIV. Evolution
of the Lyα Emitter Fraction from z = 3 to z = 6.” Astronomy & Astrophysics,
vol. 638, A12, EDP Sciences, 2020, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201937340.'
short: H. Kusakabe, J. Blaizot, T. Garel, A. Verhamme, R. Bacon, J. Richard, T.
Hashimoto, H. Inami, S. Conseil, B. Guiderdoni, A.B. Drake, E. Christian Herenz,
J. Schaye, P. Oesch, J.J. Matthee, R. Anna Marino, K. Borello Schmidt, R. Pelló,
M. Maseda, F. Leclercq, J. Kerutt, G. Mahler, Astronomy & Astrophysics 638
(2020).
date_created: 2022-07-06T09:50:48Z
date_published: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-07-19T09:35:20Z
day: '03'
doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937340
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2003.12083'
intvolume: ' 638'
keyword:
- Space and Planetary Science
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 'dark ages / reionization / first stars / early Universe / cosmology: observations
/ galaxies: evolution / galaxies: high-redshift / intergalactic medium'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.12083
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
publication: Astronomy & Astrophysics
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1432-0746
issn:
- 0004-6361
publication_status: published
publisher: EDP Sciences
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: 'The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XIV. Evolution of the Lyα emitter
fraction from z = 3 to z = 6'
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 638
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '11530'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: A prediction of the classic active galactic nucleus (AGN) unification model
is the presence of ionization cones with different orientations depending on the
AGN type. Confirmations of this model exist for present times, but it is less
clear in the early Universe. Here, we use the morphology of giant Ly α nebulae
around AGNs at redshift z ∼ 3 to probe AGN emission and therefore the validity
of the AGN unification model at this redshift. We compare the spatial morphology
of 19 nebulae previously found around type I AGNs with a new sample of four Ly α
nebulae detected around type II AGNs. Using two independent techniques, we find
that nebulae around type II AGNs are more asymmetric than around type I, at least
at radial distances r > 30 physical kpc (pkpc) from the ionizing source. We conclude
that the type I and type II AGNs in our sample show evidence of different surrounding
ionizing geometries. This suggests that the classical AGN unification model is
also valid for high-redshift sources. Finally, we discuss how the lack of asymmetry
in the inner parts (r ≲ 30 pkpc) and the associated high values of the He II to
Ly α ratios in these regions could indicate additional sources of (hard) ionizing
radiation originating within or in proximity of the AGN host galaxies. This work
demonstrates that the morphologies of giant Ly α nebulae can be used to understand
and study the geometry of high-redshift AGNs on circumnuclear scales and it lays
the foundation for future studies using much larger statistical samples.
acknowledgement: SC and GP gratefully acknowledge support from Swiss National Science
Foundation grant PP00P2 163824. MK acknowledges support by DLR500R1904.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: J S
full_name: den Brok, J S
last_name: den Brok
- first_name: S
full_name: Cantalupo, S
last_name: Cantalupo
- first_name: R
full_name: Mackenzie, R
last_name: Mackenzie
- first_name: R A
full_name: Marino, R A
last_name: Marino
- first_name: G
full_name: Pezzulli, G
last_name: Pezzulli
- first_name: Jorryt J
full_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
id: 7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
last_name: Matthee
orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
- first_name: S D
full_name: Johnson, S D
last_name: Johnson
- first_name: M
full_name: Krumpe, M
last_name: Krumpe
- first_name: T
full_name: Urrutia, T
last_name: Urrutia
- first_name: W
full_name: Kollatschny, W
last_name: Kollatschny
citation:
ama: den Brok JS, Cantalupo S, Mackenzie R, et al. Probing the AGN unification model
at redshift z ∼ 3 with MUSE observations of giant Lyα nebulae. Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2020;495(2):1874-1887. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1269
apa: den Brok, J. S., Cantalupo, S., Mackenzie, R., Marino, R. A., Pezzulli, G.,
Matthee, J. J., … Kollatschny, W. (2020). Probing the AGN unification model at
redshift z ∼ 3 with MUSE observations of giant Lyα nebulae. Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1269
chicago: den Brok, J S, S Cantalupo, R Mackenzie, R A Marino, G Pezzulli, Jorryt
J Matthee, S D Johnson, M Krumpe, T Urrutia, and W Kollatschny. “Probing the AGN
Unification Model at Redshift z ∼ 3 with MUSE Observations of Giant Lyα Nebulae.”
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press,
2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1269.
ieee: J. S. den Brok et al., “Probing the AGN unification model at redshift
z ∼ 3 with MUSE observations of giant Lyα nebulae,” Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 495, no. 2. Oxford University Press, pp.
1874–1887, 2020.
ista: den Brok JS, Cantalupo S, Mackenzie R, Marino RA, Pezzulli G, Matthee JJ,
Johnson SD, Krumpe M, Urrutia T, Kollatschny W. 2020. Probing the AGN unification
model at redshift z ∼ 3 with MUSE observations of giant Lyα nebulae. Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(2), 1874–1887.
mla: den Brok, J. S., et al. “Probing the AGN Unification Model at Redshift z ∼
3 with MUSE Observations of Giant Lyα Nebulae.” Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, vol. 495, no. 2, Oxford University Press, 2020, pp.
1874–87, doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1269.
short: J.S. den Brok, S. Cantalupo, R. Mackenzie, R.A. Marino, G. Pezzulli, J.J.
Matthee, S.D. Johnson, M. Krumpe, T. Urrutia, W. Kollatschny, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society 495 (2020) 1874–1887.
date_created: 2022-07-07T10:40:17Z
date_published: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-18T11:17:47Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa1269
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2005.01732'
intvolume: ' 495'
issue: '2'
keyword:
- Space and Planetary Science
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 'galaxies: active'
- 'galaxies: high-redshift'
- intergalactic medium
- 'quasars: emission lines'
- 'quasars: general'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01732
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 1874-1887
publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1365-2966
issn:
- 0035-8711
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Probing the AGN unification model at redshift z ∼ 3 with MUSE observations
of giant Lyα nebulae
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 495
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '11508'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Distant luminous Lyman-α emitters (LAEs) are excellent targets for spectroscopic
observations of galaxies in the epoch of reionisation (EoR). We present deep high-resolution
(R = 5000) VLT/X-shooter observations, along with an extensive collection of photometric
data of COLA1, a proposed double peaked LAE at z = 6.6. We rule out the possibility
that COLA1’s emission line is an [OII] doublet at z = 1.475 on the basis of i)
the asymmetric red line-profile and flux ratio of the peaks (blue/red=0.31 ± 0.03)
and ii) an unphysical [OII]/Hα ratio ([OII]/Hα > 22). We show that COLA1’s observed
B-band flux is explained by a faint extended foreground LAE, for which we detect
Lyα and [OIII] at z = 2.142. We thus conclude that COLA1 is a real double-peaked
LAE at z = 6.593, the first discovered at z > 6. COLA1 is UV luminous (M1500 = −21.6 ± 0.3),
has a high equivalent width (EW0,Lyα = 120−40+50 Å) and very compact Lyα emission
(r50,Lyα = 0.33−0.04+0.07 kpc). Relatively weak inferred Hβ+[OIII] line-emission
from Spitzer/IRAC indicates an extremely low metallicity of Z < 1/20 Z⊙ or reduced
strength of nebular lines due to high escape of ionising photons. The small Lyα
peak separation of 220 ± 20 km s−1 implies a low HI column density and an ionising
photon escape fraction of ≈15 − 30%, providing the first direct evidence that
such galaxies contribute actively to the reionisation of the Universe at z > 6.
Based on simple estimates, we find that COLA1 could have provided just enough
photons to reionise its own ≈0.3 pMpc (2.3 cMpc) bubble, allowing the blue Lyα
line to be observed. However, we also discuss alternative scenarios explaining
the detected double peaked nature of COLA1. Our results show that future high-resolution
observations of statistical samples of double peaked LAEs at z > 5 are a promising
probe of the occurrence of ionised regions around galaxies in the EoR.
acknowledgement: JM acknowledges the award of a Huygens PhD fellowship from Leiden
University. MG acknowledges support from NASA grant NNX17AK58G. APA, PhD::SPACE
fellow, acknowledges support from the FCT through the fellowship PD/BD/52706/2014.
Based on observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory
under programme IDs 294.A-5018, 098.A-0819, 099.A-0254 and 0100.A-0213. We are grateful
for the excellent data-sets from the COSMOS and UltraVISTA survey teams. This research
was supported by the Munich Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics (MIAPP) of
the DFG cluster of excellence “Origin and Structure of the Universe”. We thank the
referee for their comments that improved the paper. We also thank Christoph Behrens,
Len Cowie, Koki Kakiichi, Peter Laursen, Charlotte Mason, Eros Vanzella, Lewis Weinberger
and Johannes Zabl for discussions. We have benefited from the public available programming
language Python, including the numpy, matplotlib, scipy and astropy packages (Hunter
2007; Astropy Collaboration 2013), the astronomical imaging tools Swarp (Bertin
2010) and ds9 and the Topcat analysis tool (Taylor 2013).
article_number: A136
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Jorryt J
full_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
id: 7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
last_name: Matthee
orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
- first_name: David
full_name: Sobral, David
last_name: Sobral
- first_name: Max
full_name: Gronke, Max
last_name: Gronke
- first_name: Ana
full_name: Paulino-Afonso, Ana
last_name: Paulino-Afonso
- first_name: Mauro
full_name: Stefanon, Mauro
last_name: Stefanon
- first_name: Huub
full_name: Röttgering, Huub
last_name: Röttgering
citation:
ama: 'Matthee JJ, Sobral D, Gronke M, Paulino-Afonso A, Stefanon M, Röttgering H.
Confirmation of double peaked Lyα emission at z = 6.593: Witnessing a galaxy directly
contributing to the reionisation of the universe. Astronomy & Astrophysics.
2018;619. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833528'
apa: 'Matthee, J. J., Sobral, D., Gronke, M., Paulino-Afonso, A., Stefanon, M.,
& Röttgering, H. (2018). Confirmation of double peaked Lyα emission at z =
6.593: Witnessing a galaxy directly contributing to the reionisation of the universe.
Astronomy & Astrophysics. EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833528'
chicago: 'Matthee, Jorryt J, David Sobral, Max Gronke, Ana Paulino-Afonso, Mauro
Stefanon, and Huub Röttgering. “Confirmation of Double Peaked Lyα Emission at
z = 6.593: Witnessing a Galaxy Directly Contributing to the Reionisation of the
Universe.” Astronomy & Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833528.'
ieee: 'J. J. Matthee, D. Sobral, M. Gronke, A. Paulino-Afonso, M. Stefanon, and
H. Röttgering, “Confirmation of double peaked Lyα emission at z = 6.593: Witnessing
a galaxy directly contributing to the reionisation of the universe,” Astronomy
& Astrophysics, vol. 619. EDP Sciences, 2018.'
ista: 'Matthee JJ, Sobral D, Gronke M, Paulino-Afonso A, Stefanon M, Röttgering
H. 2018. Confirmation of double peaked Lyα emission at z = 6.593: Witnessing a
galaxy directly contributing to the reionisation of the universe. Astronomy &
Astrophysics. 619, A136.'
mla: 'Matthee, Jorryt J., et al. “Confirmation of Double Peaked Lyα Emission at
z = 6.593: Witnessing a Galaxy Directly Contributing to the Reionisation of the
Universe.” Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 619, A136, EDP Sciences,
2018, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833528.'
short: J.J. Matthee, D. Sobral, M. Gronke, A. Paulino-Afonso, M. Stefanon, H. Röttgering,
Astronomy & Astrophysics 619 (2018).
date_created: 2022-07-06T11:14:23Z
date_published: 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-10-14T11:31:36Z
day: '19'
doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833528
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1805.11621'
intvolume: ' 619'
keyword:
- Space and Planetary Science
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 'galaxies: high-redshift / galaxies: formation / dark ages / reionization / first
stars / techniques: spectroscopic / intergalactic medium'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.11621
month: '11'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
publication: Astronomy & Astrophysics
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1432-0746
issn:
- 0004-6361
publication_status: published
publisher: EDP Sciences
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: 'Confirmation of double peaked Lyα emission at z = 6.593: Witnessing a galaxy
directly contributing to the reionisation of the universe'
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 619
year: '2018'
...