2004ApJ...611...59R -
Astrophys. J., 611, 59-67 (2004/August-2)
A luminous Lyα-emitting galaxy at redshift z = 6.535: discovery and spectroscopic confirmation.
RHOADS J.E., XU C., DAWSON S., DEY A., MALHOTRA S., WANG J., JANNUZI B.T., SPINRAD H. and STERN D.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present a redshift z=6.535 galaxy discovered by its Lyα emission in a 9180 Å narrowband image from the Large Area Lyman Alpha survey. The Lyα line luminosity (1.1x1043 ergs/s) is among the largest known for star-forming galaxies at z~6.5. The line shows the distinct asymmetry that is characteristic of high-redshift Lyα. The 2 σ lower bound on the observer-frame equivalent width is greater than 530 Å. This is hard to reconcile with a neutral intergalactic medium (IGM) unless the Lyα line is intrinsically strong and is emitted from its host galaxy with an intrinsic Doppler shift of several hundred km/s. If the IGM is ionized, it corresponds to a rest-frame equivalent width greater than 40 Å after correcting for Lyα forest absorption. We also present a complete spectroscopic follow-up of the remaining candidates with line flux greater than 2x10–17 ergs/cm2/s in our 1200 arcmin2 narrowband image. These include another galaxy with a strong emission line at 9136 Å and no detected continuum flux, which, however, is most likely an [O III] λ5007 source at z=0.824, on the basis of a weak detection of the [O III] λ4959 line.
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Journal keyword(s):
Cosmology: Observations - Cosmology: Early Universe - Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Formation - Galaxies: High-Redshift
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