A narrow-band search for Lyα emitting galaxies atz= 8.8

2006/10/24 by J.-G. Cuby, J. -G. Cuby, P. Hibon +6 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Intergalactic medium #Luminosity #Luminosity function #Luminous infrared galaxy #Quasar #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Radio galaxy #Redshift #Universe #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066349

7 pages, accepted for publication in A&A

openalex publication_date 2006/10/24 · arxiv created 2006/11/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.The first star forming galaxies in the early universe should be copious Lyα emitters and may play a significant role in ionizing the intergalactic medium (IGM). It has been proposed that the luminosity function of Lyα emitting galaxies beyond z ~ 6 may be used to constrain the neutral fraction of the IGM during this epoch. In this work we report on a search for Lyα emitters at redshift 8.8.

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