Ly{alpha} profile in 43 Green Pea galaxies Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Yang H.
  2. Malhotra S.
  3. Gronke M.
  4. Rhoads J.E.
  5. Leitherer C.
  6. Wofford A.,Jiang T.
  7. Dijkstra M.
  8. Tilvi V.
  9. Wang J.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We studied Lyman-{alpha} (Ly{alpha}) escape in a statistical sample of 43 Green Peas with HST/COS Ly{alpha} spectra. Green Peas are nearby star-forming galaxies with strong [OIII]{lambda}5007 emission lines. Our sample is four times larger than the previous sample and covers a much more complete range of Green Pea properties. We found that about two-thirds of Green Peas are strong Ly{alpha} line emitters with rest-frame Ly{alpha} equivalent width >20{AA}. The Ly{alpha} profiles of Green Peas are diverse. The Ly{alpha} escape fraction, defined as the ratio of observed Ly{alpha} flux to intrinsic Ly{alpha} flux, shows anti-correlations with a few Ly{alpha} kinematic features-both the blue peak and red peak velocities, the peak separations, and the FWHM of the red portion of the Ly{alpha} profile. Using properties measured from Sloan Digital Sky Survey optical spectra, we found many correlations-the Ly{alpha} escape fraction generally increases at lower dust reddening, lower metallicity, lower stellar mass, and higher [OIII]/[OII] ratio. We fit their Ly{alpha} profiles with the HI shell radiative transfer model and found that the Ly{alpha} escape fraction is anti-correlated with the best-fit N_HI_. Finally, we fit an empirical linear relation to predict f_esc_^Ly{alpha}^ from the dust extinction and Ly{alpha} red peak velocity. The standard deviation of this relation is about 0.3dex. This relation can be used to isolate the effect of intergalactic medium (IGM) scatterings from Ly{alpha} escape and to probe the IGM optical depth along the line of sight of each z>7 Ly{alpha} emission-line galaxy in the James Webb Space Telescope era.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. spectroscopy
  3. redshifted
  4. extinction
  5. visible-astronomy
  6. ultraviolet-astronomy
  7. line-intensities
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2017ApJ...844..171Y
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2018-04-12T17:27:26Z
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