2022ApJ...924...47P

Using integral field unit spectroscopy, we present here the spatially resolved morphologies of [S II]λ6717,6731/Hα and [S II]λ6717,6731/[O III]λ5007 emission line ratios for the first time in a blueberry Lyα emitter (BBLAE) at z ∼ 0.047. Our derived morphologies show that the extreme starburst region of the BBLAE, populated by young (<=10 Myr), massive Wolf-Rayet stars, is [S II] deficient, while the rest of the galaxy is [S II] enhanced. We infer that the extreme starburst region is density-bounded (i.e., optically thin to ionizing photons), and the rest of the galaxy is ionization-bounded, indicating a Blister-type morphology. We find that the previously reported small escape fraction (10%) of Lyα photons is from our identified density-bounded H II region of the BBLAE. This escape fraction is likely constrained by a porous dust distribution. We further report a moderate correlation between [S II] deficiency and inferred Lyman continuum (LyC) escape fraction using a sample of confirmed LyC leakers studied in the literature, including the BBLAE studied here. The observed correlation also reveals its dependency on the stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity of the leaky galaxies. Finally, the future scope and implications of our work are discussed in detail.