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024a https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1508852 URI
024a https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/2017314312 DOI
040 a (SwePub)su
041 a engb eng
042 9 SwePub
072 7a ref2 swepub-contenttype
072 7a art2 swepub-publicationtype
100a Drake, A. B.4 aut
2451 0a The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey VI. The faint-end of the Lyα luminosity function at 2.91
264 c 2017-11-29
264 1b EDP Sciences,c 2017
338 a print2 rdacarrier
520 a We present the deepest study to date of the Ly alpha luminosity function in a blank field using blind integral field spectroscopy from MUSE. We constructed a sample of 604 Ly alpha emitters (LAEs) across the redshift range 2.91 < z < 6.64 using automatic detection software in the Hubble Ultra Deep Lield. The deep data cubes allowed us to calculate accurate total Ly alpha fluxes capturing low surface-brightness extended Ly alpha emission now known to be a generic property of high-redshift star-forming galaxies. We simulated realistic extended LAEs to fully characterise the selection function of our samples, and performed flux-recovery experiments to test and correct for bias in our determination of total Ly alpha fluxes. We find that an accurate completeness correction accounting for extended emission reveals a very steep faint-end slope of the luminosity function, alpha, down to luminosities of log(10) L erg s(-1) < 41.5, applying both the 1/V-max and maximum likelihood estimators. Splitting the sample into three broad redshift bins, we see the faint-end slope increasing from -2.03(-0.07)(+1.42) at z approximate to 3.44 to -2.86(-infinity)(+0.76) Z approximate to 76 at z approximate to 5.48, however no strong evolution is seen between the 68% confidence regions in L*-alpha parameter space. Using the Ly alpha line flux as a proxy for star formation activity, and integrating the observed luminosity functions, we find that LAEs' contribution to the cosmic star formation rate density rises with redshift until it is comparable to that from continuum-selected samples by z approximate to 6. This implies that LAEs may contribute more to the star-formation activity of the early Universe than previously thought, as any additional intergalactic medium (IGM) correction would act to further boost the Ly alpha luminosities. Linally, assuming fiducial values for the escape of Ly alpha and LyC radiation, and the dumpiness of the IGM, we integrated the maximum likelihood luminosity function at 5.00 < z < 6.64 and find we require only a small extrapolation beyond the data (<1 dex in luminosity) for LAEs alone to maintain an ionised IGM at z approximate to 6.
650 7a NATURVETENSKAPx Fysikx Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi0 (SwePub)103052 hsv//swe
650 7a NATURAL SCIENCESx Physical Sciencesx Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology0 (SwePub)103052 hsv//eng
653 a galaxies: luminosity function
653 a mass function
653 a galaxies: evolution
653 a early Universe
653 a dark ages
653 a reionization
653 a first stars
653 a galaxies: formation
700a Garel, T.4 aut
700a Wisotzki, L.4 aut
700a Leclercq, F.4 aut
700a Hashimoto, T.4 aut
700a Richard, J.4 aut
700a Bacon, R.4 aut
700a Blaizot, J.4 aut
700a Caruana, J.4 aut
700a Conseil, S.4 aut
700a Contini, T.4 aut
700a Guiderdoni, B.4 aut
700a Herenz, Edmund Christianu Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för astronomi,Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Germany4 aut0 (Swepub:su)ehere
700a Inami, H.4 aut
700a Lewis, J.4 aut
700a Mahler, G.4 aut
700a Marino, R. A.4 aut
700a Pello, R.4 aut
700a Schaye, J.4 aut
700a Verhamme, A.4 aut
700a Ventou, E.4 aut
700a Weilbacher, P. M.4 aut
710a Stockholms universitetb Institutionen för astronomi4 org
773t Astronomy and Astrophysicsd : EDP Sciencesg 608q 608x 0004-6361x 1432-0746
856u https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2017/12/aa31431-17.pdf
8564 8u https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-150885
8564 8u https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731431

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