A young star-forming galaxy at z = 3.5 with an extended Ly\,$α$ halo seen with MUSE

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  • Vera Patrício
  • Johan Richard
  • Anne Verhamme
  • Lutz Wisotzki
  • Jarle Brinchmann
  • Monica L. Turner
  • Christensen, Lise Bech
  • Peter M. Weilbacher
  • Jérémy Blaizot
  • Roland Bacon
  • Thierry Contini
  • David Lagattuta
  • Sebastiano Cantalupo
  • Benjamin Clément
  • Geneviève Soucail
Spatially resolved studies of high redshift galaxies, an essential insight into galaxy formation processes, have been mostly limited to stacking or unusually bright objects. We present here the study of a typical (L$^{*}$, M$_\star$ = 6 $\times 10^9$ $M_\odot$) young lensed galaxy at $z=3.5$, observed with MUSE, for which we obtain 2D resolved spatial information of Ly$\alpha$ and, for the first time, of CIII] emission. The exceptional signal-to-noise of the data reveals UV emission and absorption lines rarely seen at these redshifts, allowing us to derive important physical properties (T$_e\sim$15600 K, n$_e\sim$300 cm$^{-3}$, covering fraction f$_c\sim0.4$) using multiple diagnostics. Inferred stellar and gas-phase metallicities point towards a low metallicity object (Z$_{\mathrm{stellar}}$ = $\sim$ 0.07 Z$_\odot$ and Z$_{\mathrm{ISM}}$ $
Original languageEnglish
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume456
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)4191-4208
ISSN0035-8711
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jan 2016

Bibliographical note

19 pages, 15 figures, accepted in MNRAS

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