A multiply imaged z ∼ 6.3 Lyman alpha emitter candidate behind Abell 2261
While the Lyman-$\alpha$ ($\mathrm{Ly}\alpha$) emission line serves as an important tool in the study of galaxies at $z\lesssim 6$, finding Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAE) at significantly higher redshifts has been more challenging, probably because of the increasing neutrality of the intergalactic medium...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) Kapitel/Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2016
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Arxiv
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| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06576
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| Verfasserangaben: | Claes-Erik Rydberg, Adi Zitrin, Erik Zackrisson, Jens Melinder, Daniel J. Whalen, Ralf S. Klessen, Juan Gonzalez, Göran Östlin, and Daniela Carollo |
| Zusammenfassung: | While the Lyman-$\alpha$ ($\mathrm{Ly}\alpha$) emission line serves as an important tool in the study of galaxies at $z\lesssim 6$, finding Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAE) at significantly higher redshifts has been more challenging, probably because of the increasing neutrality of the intergalactic medium above $z\sim6$. Galaxies with extremely high rest-frame Ly$\alpha$ equivalent widths, EW(Ly$\alpha$) $\gtrsim 150$ \AA{}, at $z>6$ are good candidates for Ly$\alpha$ follow-up observations, and can stand out in multiband imaging surveys because of their unusual colors. We have conducted a photometric search for such objects in the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH), and report here the identification of three likely gravitationally-lensed images of a single LAE candidate at $z\sim6.3$, behind the galaxy cluster Abell 2261 |
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