LAE z~3-7 luminosity functions Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. de La Vieuville G.
  2. Bina D.
  3. Pello R.
  4. Mahler G.
  5. Richard J.
  6. Drake A.B.,Herenz E.C.
  7. Bauer F.E.
  8. Clement B.
  9. Lagattuta D.
  10. Laporte N.
  11. Martinez J.,Patricio V.
  12. Wisotzki L.
  13. Zabl J.
  14. Bouwens R.J.
  15. Contini T.
  16. Garel T.,Guiderdoni B.
  17. Marino R.A.
  18. Maseda M.V.
  19. Matthee J.
  20. Schaye J.
  21. Soucail G.
  22. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Lyman-alpha luminosity function (LF) based on deep observations of four lensing clusters. The precise aim of the present study is to further constrain the abundance of Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) by taking advantage of the magnification provided by lensing clusters. We blindly selected a sample of 156 LAEs, with redshifts between 2.9<z<6.7 and magnification-corrected Lyman alpha luminosities in the range 39<LogL_Ly{alpha}_[erg/s]<43. The price to pay to benefit from magnification is a reduction of the effective volume of the survey, together with a more complex analysis procedure. To properly take into account the individual differences in detection conditions (including lensing configurations, spatial and spectral morphologies) when computing the LF, a new method based on the 1/Vmax approach was implemented. The LAE LF has been obtained in four different redshift bins with constraints down to logL_Ly{alpha}_=40.5. From our data only, no significant evolution of LF mean slope can be found. When performing a Schechter analysis including data from the literature to complete the present sample a steep faint-end slope was measured varying from {alpha}=-1.69^+0.08^_-0.08_ to {alpha}=-1.87^+0.12^_-0.12_ between the lowest and the highest redshift bins. The contribution of the LAE population to the star formation rate density at z~6 is ~<50% depending on the luminosity limit considered, which is of the same order as the Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) contribution. The evolution of the LAE contribution with redshift depends on the assumed escape fraction of Lyman-alpha photons, and appears to slightly increase with increasing redshift when this fraction is conservatively set to one.

Keywords
  1. galaxy-clusters
  2. gravitational-lensing
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2019A&A...628A...3D
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36280003

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History

2019-07-25T08:39:46Z
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2019-07-25T08:39:46Z
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