TY  - JOUR
A1  - Izotov, Yuri I.
A1  - Chisholm, John
A1  - Worseck, Gábor
A1  - Guseva, Natalia G.
A1  - Schaerer, Daniel
A1  - Prochaska, Jason Xavier
T1  - Lyman alpha and Lyman continuum emission of Mg II-selected star-forming galaxies
JF  - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
N2  - We present observations with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope of seven compact low-mass star-forming galaxies at redshifts, z, in the range 0.3161-0.4276, with various O3Mg2 = [O III] lambda 5007/Mg II lambda 2796+2803 and Mg-2 = Mg II lambda 2796/Mg II lambda 2803 emission-line ratios. We aim to study the dependence of leaking Lyman continuum (LyC) emission on the characteristics of Mg ii emission together with the dependencies on other indirect indicators of escaping ionizing radiation. LyC emission with escape fractions f(esc)(LyC) = 3.1-4.6 per cent is detected in four galaxies, whereas only 1 sigma upper limits of f(esc)(LyC) in the remaining three galaxies were derived. A strong narrow Ly alpha emission line with two peaks separated by V-sep similar to 298-592 km s(-1) was observed in four galaxies with detected LyC emission and very weak Ly alpha emission is observed in galaxies with LyC non-detections. Our new data confirm the tight anticorrelation between f(esc)(LyC) and V-sep found for previous low-redshift galaxy samples. V-sep remains the best indirect indicator of LyC leakage among all considered indicators. It is found that escaping LyC emission is detected predominantly in galaxies with Mg-2 greater than or similar to 1.3. A tendency of an increase of f(esc)(LyC) with increasing of both the O3Mg2 and Mg-2 is possibly present. However, there is substantial scatter in these relations not allowing their use for reliable prediction of f(esc)(LyC).
KW  - galaxies: abundances
KW  - galaxies: dwarf
KW  - galaxies: fundamental parameters
KW  - galaxies: ISM
KW  - galaxies: starburst
KW  - dark ages
KW  - reionization
KW  - first stars
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1899
SN  - 0035-8711
SN  - 1365-2966
VL  - 515
IS  - 2
SP  - 2864
EP  - 2881
PB  - Oxford University Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schaerer, Daniel
A1  - Izotov, Yuri I.
A1  - Worseck, Gábor
A1  - Berg, Danielle
A1  - Chisholm, John
A1  - Jaskot, Anne
A1  - Nakajima, Kimihiko
A1  - Ravindranath, Swara
A1  - Thuan, Trinh X.
A1  - Verhamme, Anne
T1  - Strong Lyman continuum emitting galaxies show intense C IV λ 1550 emission
JF  - Astronomy and astrophysics
N2  - Using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, we have obtained ultraviolet spectra from similar to 1200 to 2000 angstrom of known Lyman continuum (LyC) emitting galaxies at low redshift (z similar to 0.3-0.4) with varying absolute LyC escape fractions ( f(esc) similar to 0.01-0.72). Our observations include in particular the galaxy J1243+4646, which has the highest known LyC escape fraction at low redshift. While all galaxies are known Lyman alpha emitters, we consistently detect an inventory of additional emission lines, including C IV lambda 1550, He II lambda 1640, O III] lambda 1666, and C III] lambda 1909, whose origin is presumably essentially nebular. C IV lambda 1550 emission is detected above 4 sigma in six out of eight galaxies, with equivalent widths of EW(C IV) = 12-15 angstrom for two galaxies, which exceeds the previously reported maximum emission in low-z star-forming galaxies. We detect C IV lambda 1550 emission in all LyC emitters with escape fractions f(esc) > 0.1 and find a tentative increase in the flux ratio C IV lambda 1550 /C III] lambda 1909 with f(esc). Based on the data, we propose a new criterion to select and classify strong leakers (galaxies with f(esc) > 0.1): C IV lambda 1550 /C III] lambda 1909 greater than or similar to 0.75. Finally, we also find He II lambda 1640 emission in all the strong leakers with equivalent widths from 3 to 8 angstrom rest frame. These are among the highest values observed in star-forming galaxies and are primarily due to a high rate of ionizing photon production. The nebular He II lambda 1640 emission of the strong LyC emitters does not require harder ionizing spectra at >54 eV compared to those of typical star-forming galaxies at similarly low metallicity.
KW  - galaxies: starburst
KW  - galaxies: high-redshift
KW  - dark ages, reionization
KW  - first stars
KW  - ultraviolet: galaxies
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243149
SN  - 0004-6361
SN  - 1432-0746
VL  - 658
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Les Ulis
ER  -