LAE candidates around bright Ly{alpha} blobs Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Badescu T.
  2. Yang Y.
  3. Bertoldi F.
  4. Zabludoff A.
  5. Karim A.
  6. Magnelli B.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Bright Ly{alpha} blobs (LABs)-extended nebulae with sizes of ~100kpc and Ly{alpha} luminosities of ~10^44^erg/s -- often reside in overdensities of compact Ly{alpha} emitters (LAEs) that may be galaxy protoclusters. The number density, variance, and internal kinematics of LABs suggest that they themselves trace group-like halos. Here, we test this hierarchical picture, presenting deep, wide-field Ly{alpha} narrowband imaging of a 1{deg}x0.5{deg} region around a LAB pair at z=2.3 discovered previously by a blind survey. We find 183 Ly{alpha} emitters, including the original LAB pair and three new LABs with Ly{alpha} luminosities of (0.9-1.3)x10^43^erg/s and isophotal areas of 16-24arcsec^2^. Using the LAEs as tracers and a new kernel density estimation method, we discover a large-scale overdensity (Bootes J1430+3522) with a surface density contrast of {delta}_{Sigma}_=2.7, a volume density contrast of {delta}~10.4, and a projected diameter of ~20 comoving Mpc. Comparing with cosmological simulations, we conclude that this LAE overdensity will evolve into a present-day Coma-like cluster with log(M/M_{sun}_)~15.1+/-0.2. In this and three other wide-field LAE surveys re-analyzed here, the extents and peak amplitudes of the largest LAE overdensities are similar, not increasing with survey size, and implying that they were indeed the largest structures then and today evolve into rich clusters. Intriguingly, LABs favor the outskirts of the densest LAE concentrations, i.e., intermediate LAE overdensities of {delta}_{Sigma}_=1-2. We speculate that these LABs mark infalling protogroups being accreted by the more massive protocluster.

Keywords
  1. intergalactic-medium
  2. line-intensities
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2017ApJ...845..172B
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18450172

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2018-05-25T09:19:36Z
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