Low-redshift Lyman continuum leaking galaxies with high [O iii]/[O ii] ratios
Low-redshift Lyman continuum leaking galaxies with high [O iii]/[O ii] ratios
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10.1093/mnras/sty1378
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发表时间:
2018-05
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4.8
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Y. Izotov;G. Worseck;D. Schaerer;N. Guseva;T. Thuan;K. Fricke;A. Verhamme;I. A. Observatory;Kyiv;Ukraine;Institut fur Physik und Astronomie;U. Potsdam;H Germany;Observatoire de Geneve;Versoix;Switzerland.;A. Department;U. Virginia;Charlottesville;Usa;I. F. Astrophysik;Goettingen Universitat;A. Institute;Prague;Czech Republic
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Y. Izotov;G. Worseck;D. Schaerer;N. Guseva;T. Thuan;K. Fricke;A. Verhamme;I. A. Observatory;Kyiv;Ukraine;Institut fur Physik und Astronomie;U. Potsdam;H Germany;Observatoire de Geneve;Versoix;Switzerland.;A. Department;U. Virginia;Charlottesville;Usa;I. F. Astrophysik;Goettingen Universitat;A. Institute;Prague;Czech Republic
We present observations with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope of five star-forming galaxies at redshifts z in the range 0.2993-0.4317 and with high emission-line flux ratios O32=[OIII]5007/[OII]3727 ~ 8-27 aiming to detect the Lyman continuum (LyC) emission. We detect LyC emission in all galaxies with the escape fractions fesc(LyC) in a range of 2-72 per cent. A narrow Ly-alpha emission line with two peaks in four galaxies and with three peaks in one object is seen in medium-resolution COS spectra with a velocity separation between the peaks Vsep varying from ~153 km/s to ~345 km/s. We find a general increase of the LyC escape fraction with increasing O32 and decreasing stellar mass M*, but with a large scatter of fesc(LyC). A tight anti-correlation is found between fesc(LyC) and Vsep making Vsep a good parameter for the indirect determination of the LyC escape fraction. We argue that one possible source driving the escape of ionizing radiation is stellar winds and radiation from hot massive stars.