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dc.contributor.author | Caruana, Joseph | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bunker, Andrew J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wilkins, Stephen M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Stanway, Elizabeth R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lorenzoni, Silvio | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jarvis, Matt J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ebert, Holly | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-20T08:09:48Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-20T08:09:48Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Caruana, J., Bunker, A. J., Wilkins, S. M., Stanway, E. R., Lorenzoni, S., Jarvis, M. J., & Ebert, H. (2014). Spectroscopy of z∼ 7 candidate galaxies: using Lyman α to constrain the neutral fraction of hydrogen in the high-redshift universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443(4), 2831-2842. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/87318 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Following our previous spectroscopic observations of z > 7 galaxies with Gemini/Gemini Near Infra-Red Spectrograph (GNIRS) and Very Large Telescope (VLT)/XSHOOTER, which targeted a total of eight objects, we present here our results from a deeper and larger VLT/FOcal Reducer and Spectrograph (FORS2) spectroscopic sample of Wide Field Camera 3 selected z > 7 candidate galaxies. With our FORS2 setup we cover the 737–1070 nm wavelength range, enabling a search for Lyman α in the redshift range spanning 5.06–7.80. We target 22 z-band dropouts and find no evidence of Lyman α emission, with the exception of a tentative detection (<5σ, which is our adopted criterion for a secure detection) for one object. The upper limits on Lyman α flux and the broad-band magnitudes are used to constrain the rest-frame equivalent widths for this line emission. We analyse our FORS2 observations in combination with our previous GNIRS and XSHOOTER observations, and suggest that a simple model where the fraction of high rest-frame equivalent width emitters follows the trend seen at z = 3-6.5 is inconsistent with our non-detections at z ∼ 7.8 at the 96 per cent confidence level. This may indicate that a significant neutral H I fraction in the intergalactic medium suppresses Lyman α, with an estimated neutral fraction χHI∼0.5, in agreement with other estimates. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Royal Astronomical Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Galaxies | en_GB |
dc.subject | Astrophysics | en_GB |
dc.subject | Galaxies -- Evolution | en_GB |
dc.subject | Galaxies -- Observations | en_GB |
dc.subject | Red shift -- Observations | en_GB |
dc.subject | Galaxies -- Formation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cosmology | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cosmology -- Observations | en_GB |
dc.subject | Starbursts | en_GB |
dc.title | Spectroscopy of z ∼ 7 candidate galaxies: using Lyman α to constrain the neutral fraction of hydrogen in the high-redshift universe | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
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dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1341 | - |
dc.publication.title | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | en_GB |
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