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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 930, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac61e4
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- NASA through Space Telescope Science Institute [HST-GO-15626]
- NASA [NAS 5-26555]
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
- Center for High Performance Computing at the University of Utah
- ANID Fondecyt Regular [1202007]
This study presents the first statistical test of indirect diagnostics for identifying Lyman continuum emitters (LCEs). The results show that the escape of Lyman continuum strongly depends on H i column density, ionization parameter, and stellar feedback, and it is related to galaxy properties such as stellar mass and metallicity.
The Lyman continuum (LyC) cannot be observed at the epoch of reionization (z greater than or similar to 6) owing to intergalactic H i absorption. To identify LyC emitters (LCEs) and infer the fraction of escaping LyC, astronomers have developed various indirect diagnostics of LyC escape. Using measurements of the LyC from the Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey (LzLCS), we present the first statistical test of these diagnostics. While optical depth indicators based on Ly alpha, such as peak velocity separation and equivalent width, perform well, we also find that other diagnostics, such as the [O iii]/[O ii] flux ratio and star formation rate surface density, predict whether a galaxy is an LCE. The relationship between these galaxy properties and the fraction of escaping LyC flux suggests that LyC escape depends strongly on H i column density, ionization parameter, and stellar feedback. We find that LCEs occupy a range of stellar masses, metallicities, star formation histories, and ionization parameters, which may indicate episodic and/or different physical causes of LyC escape.
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