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2021ApJ...908..129J - Astrophys. J., 908, 129-129 (2021/February-3)

Discovery of a damped Lyα galaxy at z ∼ 3 toward the quasar SDSS J011852+040644.

JOSHI R., FUMAGALLI M., SRIANAND R., NOTERDAEME P., PETITJEAN P., RAFELSKI M., MACKENZIE R., LI Q., CAI Z., MARTIN D.C., ZOU S., WU X.-B., JIANG L. and HO L.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the detection of the host galaxy of a damped Lyα system (DLA) with log N(H I) [cm–2] = 21.0 ± 0.10 at z ≃ 3.0091 toward the background quasar SDSS J011852+040644 using the Palomar Cosmic Web Imager at the Hale (P200) telescope. We detect Lyα emission in the dark core of the DLA trough at a 3.3σ confidence level, with Lyα luminosity of LLyα = (3.8 ± 0.8) x 1042 erg s–1, corresponding to a star formation rate of >=2 M☉ yr–1 (considering a lower limit on Lyα escape fraction fesc^Lyα^∼2 % ) as typical for Lyman break galaxies at these redshifts. The Lyα emission is blueshifted with respect to the systemic redshift derived from metal absorption lines by 281 ± 43 km s–1. The associated galaxy is at very small impact parameter of <=12 kpc from the background quasar, which is in line with the observed anticorrelation between column density and impact parameter in spectroscopic searches tracing the large-scale environments of DLA host galaxies.

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Journal keyword(s): Quasar absorption line spectroscopy - Damped Lya systems - Star formation

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