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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We investigated the ultraviolet (UV) spectral properties of faint Lyman-α
emitters (LAEs) in the redshift range 2.9 ≤ z ≤ 4.6, and we provide material to
prepare future observations of the faint Universe. We used data from the MUSE
Hubble Ultra Deep Survey to construct mean rest-frame spectra of continuum-faint
(median MUV of −18 and down to MUV of −16), low stellar mass (median value of
108.4 M⊙ and down to 107 M⊙) LAEs at redshift z ≳ 3. We computed various averaged
spectra of LAEs, subsampled on the basis of their observational (e.g., Lyα strength,
UV magnitude and spectral slope) and physical (e.g., stellar mass and star-formation
rate) properties. We searched for UV spectral features other than Lyα, such as
higher ionization nebular emission lines and absorption features. We successfully
observed the O III]λ1666 and [C III]λ1907+C III]λ1909 collisionally excited emission
lines and the He IIλ1640 recombination feature, as well as the resonant C IVλλ1548,1551
doublet either in emission or P-Cygni. We compared the observed spectral properties
of the different mean spectra and find the emission lines to vary with the observational
and physical properties of the LAEs. In particular, the mean spectra of LAEs with
larger Lyα equivalent widths, fainter UV magnitudes, bluer UV spectral slopes,
and lower stellar masses show the strongest nebular emission. The line ratios
of these lines are similar to those measured in the spectra of local metal-poor
galaxies, while their equivalent widths are weaker compared to the handful of
extreme values detected in individual spectra of z > 2 galaxies. This suggests
that weak UV features are likely ubiquitous in high z, low-mass, and faint LAEs.
We publicly released the stacked spectra, as they can serve as empirical templates
for the design of future observations, such as those with the James Webb Space
Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope.
acknowledgement: 'We thank Margherita Talia, Stéphane Charlot, Adele Plat and Alba
Vidal-García for helpful discussions. This work is supported by the ERC advanced
grant 339659-MUSICOS (R. Bacon). AF acknowledges the support from grant PRIN MIUR
2017 20173ML3WW. MVM and JP would like to thank the Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Program
for Summer Students (LEAPS) for funding at the outset of this project. FL, HK, and
AV acknowledge support from the ERC starting grant ERC-757258-TRIPLE. TH was supported
by Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers, MEXT, Japan. JB acknowledges
support by FCT/MCTES through national funds by the grant UID/FIS/04434/2019, UIDB/04434/2020
and UIDP/04434/2020 and through the Investigador FCT Contract No. IF/01654/2014/CP1215/CT0003.
HI acknowledges support from JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP19K23462. We would also
like to thank the organizers and participants of the Leiden Lorentz Center workshop:
Revolutionary Spectroscopy of Today as a Springboard to Webb. This work made use
of several open source python packages: NUMPY (van der Walt et al. 2011), MATPLOTLIB
(Hunter 2007), ASTROPY (Astropy Collaboration 2013) and MPDAF (MUSE Python Data
Analysis Framework, Piqueras et al. 2019).'
article_number: A118
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Anna
full_name: Feltre, Anna
last_name: Feltre
- first_name: Michael V.
full_name: Maseda, Michael V.
last_name: Maseda
- first_name: Roland
full_name: Bacon, Roland
last_name: Bacon
- first_name: Jayadev
full_name: Pradeep, Jayadev
last_name: Pradeep
- first_name: Floriane
full_name: Leclercq, Floriane
last_name: Leclercq
- first_name: Haruka
full_name: Kusakabe, Haruka
last_name: Kusakabe
- first_name: Lutz
full_name: Wisotzki, Lutz
last_name: Wisotzki
- first_name: Takuya
full_name: Hashimoto, Takuya
last_name: Hashimoto
- first_name: Kasper B.
full_name: Schmidt, Kasper B.
last_name: Schmidt
- first_name: Jeremy
full_name: Blaizot, Jeremy
last_name: Blaizot
- first_name: Jarle
full_name: Brinchmann, Jarle
last_name: Brinchmann
- first_name: Leindert
full_name: Boogaard, Leindert
last_name: Boogaard
- first_name: Sebastiano
full_name: Cantalupo, Sebastiano
last_name: Cantalupo
- first_name: David
full_name: Carton, David
last_name: Carton
- first_name: Hanae
full_name: Inami, Hanae
last_name: Inami
- first_name: Wolfram
full_name: Kollatschny, Wolfram
last_name: Kollatschny
- first_name: Raffaella A.
full_name: Marino, Raffaella A.
last_name: Marino
- 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: Themiya
full_name: Nanayakkara, Themiya
last_name: Nanayakkara
- first_name: Johan
full_name: Richard, Johan
last_name: Richard
- first_name: Joop
full_name: Schaye, Joop
last_name: Schaye
- first_name: Laurence
full_name: Tresse, Laurence
last_name: Tresse
- first_name: Tanya
full_name: Urrutia, Tanya
last_name: Urrutia
- first_name: Anne
full_name: Verhamme, Anne
last_name: Verhamme
- first_name: Peter M.
full_name: Weilbacher, Peter M.
last_name: Weilbacher
citation:
ama: 'Feltre A, Maseda MV, Bacon R, et al. The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey:
XV. The mean rest-UV spectra of Lyα emitters at z > 3. Astronomy &
Astrophysics. 2020;641. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038133'
apa: 'Feltre, A., Maseda, M. V., Bacon, R., Pradeep, J., Leclercq, F., Kusakabe,
H., … Weilbacher, P. M. (2020). The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XV. The
mean rest-UV spectra of Lyα emitters at z > 3. Astronomy & Astrophysics.
EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038133'
chicago: 'Feltre, Anna, Michael V. Maseda, Roland Bacon, Jayadev Pradeep, Floriane
Leclercq, Haruka Kusakabe, Lutz Wisotzki, et al. “The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Survey: XV. The Mean Rest-UV Spectra of Lyα Emitters at z > 3.” Astronomy
& Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038133.'
ieee: 'A. Feltre et al., “The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XV. The
mean rest-UV spectra of Lyα emitters at z > 3,” Astronomy & Astrophysics,
vol. 641. EDP Sciences, 2020.'
ista: 'Feltre A, Maseda MV, Bacon R, Pradeep J, Leclercq F, Kusakabe H, Wisotzki
L, Hashimoto T, Schmidt KB, Blaizot J, Brinchmann J, Boogaard L, Cantalupo S,
Carton D, Inami H, Kollatschny W, Marino RA, Matthee JJ, Nanayakkara T, Richard
J, Schaye J, Tresse L, Urrutia T, Verhamme A, Weilbacher PM. 2020. The MUSE Hubble
Ultra Deep Field Survey: XV. The mean rest-UV spectra of Lyα emitters at z >
3. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 641, A118.'
mla: 'Feltre, Anna, et al. “The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey: XV. The Mean
Rest-UV Spectra of Lyα Emitters at z > 3.” Astronomy & Astrophysics,
vol. 641, A118, EDP Sciences, 2020, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038133.'
short: A. Feltre, M.V. Maseda, R. Bacon, J. Pradeep, F. Leclercq, H. Kusakabe, L.
Wisotzki, T. Hashimoto, K.B. Schmidt, J. Blaizot, J. Brinchmann, L. Boogaard,
S. Cantalupo, D. Carton, H. Inami, W. Kollatschny, R.A. Marino, J.J. Matthee,
T. Nanayakkara, J. Richard, J. Schaye, L. Tresse, T. Urrutia, A. Verhamme, P.M.
Weilbacher, Astronomy & Astrophysics 641 (2020).
date_created: 2022-07-06T09:38:16Z
date_published: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-07-19T09:35:43Z
day: '18'
doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038133
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2007.01878'
intvolume: ' 641'
keyword:
- Space and Planetary Science
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 'galaxies: evolution / galaxies: high-redshift / ISM: lines and bands / ultraviolet:
ISM / ultraviolet: galaxies'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01878
month: '09'
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: XV. The mean rest-UV spectra of Lyα
emitters at z > 3'
type: journal_article
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