2005/07/15 by G. Ostlin, Göran Östlin, Matthew Hayes +13
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #Calibration and Measurement Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0507373
Invited Talk, 6 pages, using moriond.sty, in press for ``When UV meets IR: a History of Star Formation'', Proceedings of Rencontres de Moriond XXVth Moriond Astrophysics Meeting
arxiv created 2005/07/15 · openalex publication_date 2005/07/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We review the history and the current status of the understanding of the processes that regulate Lyman alpha emission from star-forming galaxies. We present some of the most recent results of our study to image local starburst galaxies in the Lyman alpha emission line using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. Particular attention is dedicated to our study of the low-metallicity, dust-poor Blue Compact Galaxy ESO338-IG04. We discuss some of our local observational results with reference to the interpretation of results of high-redshift Lyman alpha surveys and recent simulations of the detection properties of high-z Lyman alpha emitting objects performed by our group.