2021MNRAS.502.2645D -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 502, 2645-2663 (2021/April-1)
Faint LAEs near z > 4.7 C IV absorbers revealed by MUSE.
DIAZ C.G., RYAN-WEBER E.V., KARMAN W., CAPUTI K.I., SALVADORI S., CRIGHTON N.H., OUCHI M. and VANZELLA E.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the results from the search for Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs) in the proximity of 11 C IV absorption systems at z > 4.7 in the spectrum of the QSO J1030+0524, using data from Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer. We have found multiple LAE candidates close to four C IV systems at z_C IV_=4.94-5.74 with log10(N_C IV_[cm–2]) > 13.5. At z = 5-6, C IV systems with W_0(C IV_)> 0.2 Å seem more likely to have galaxies with Ly α emission within ρ < 200 proper kpc (4/5 cases) than the C IV systems with W_0(C IV_)< 0.2 Å (0/6 cases). The impact parameter of LAE-C IV systems with equivalent widths W0(C IV) > 0.5 Å is in the range 11 ≲ρ≲200 proper kpc (pkpc). Furthermore, all candidates are in the luminosity range 0.18-1.15 L^*^Lyα(z=5.7), indicating that the environment of C IV systems within 200 pkpc is populated by the faint end of the Ly α luminosity function. We report a 0.28 L^*^Lyα galaxy at a separation of ρ = 11 pkpc from a strong C IV absorption (log10(N_C IV_[cm–2]) = 14.52) at z_C IV_=5.72419. The prevalence of sub-L^*^Lyα galaxies in the proximity of z > 4.9 C IV systems suggest that the absorbing material is rather young, likely ejected in the recent past of the identified galaxies. The connection between faint LAEs and high-ionization absorption systems reported in this work is potentially a consequence of the role of low-mass galaxies in the early evolution of the circum-galactic and intergalactic media.
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© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: distances and redshifts - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: high-redshift - intergalactic medium - quasars: absorption lines
Nomenclature:
Figs 2-3, Table 2: [DRK2021] QSO J1030+0524 LAE N (Nos 1-8). Fig. 13, Table 3: [DRK2021] QSO J1030+0524 LAE N (No. 9).
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