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| DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/AA5D14 | ||||
| Año | 2017 | ||||
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Enormous Ly alpha nebulae (ELANe), unique tracers of galaxy density peaks, are predicted to lie at the nodes and intersections of cosmic filamentary structures. Previous successful searches for ELANe have focused on wide-field narrowband surveys or have targeted known sources such as ultraluminous quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) or radio galaxies. Utilizing groups of coherently strong Ly alpha absorptions, we have developed a new method to identify high-redshift galaxy overdensities and have identified an extremely massive overdensity, BOSS1441, at z = 2-3. In its density peak, we discover an ELAN that is associated with a relatively faint continuum. To date, this object has the highest diffuse Ly alpha nebular luminosity of L-nebula = 5.1 +/- 0.1 x 10(44) erg s(-1). Above the 2 sigma surface brightness limit of SBLy alpha = 4.8 x 10(-18) erg s(-1) cm(-2) arcsec(-2), this nebula has an end-to-end spatial extent of 442 kpc. This radio-quiet source also has extended C IV lambda 1549 and He II lambda 1640 emission on greater than or similar to 30 kpc scales. Note that the Ly alpha, He II, and C IV emissions all have double-peaked line profiles. Each velocity component has an FWHM of approximate to 700-1000 km s(-1). We argue that this Lya nebula could be powered by shocks due to an active galactic nucleus-driven outflow or photoionization by a strongly obscured source.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Cai, Zheng | - |
Univ Calif Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos University of California, Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos Lick Observatory - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Fan, Xiaohui | - |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Yang, Yujin | - |
Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst - Corea del Sur
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute - Corea del Sur |
| 4 | Bian, Fu-Yan | - |
Mt Stromlo & Siding Spring Observ - Australia
Australian National University, Mount Stromlo Observatory - Australia |
| 5 | Prochaska, J. Xavier | - |
Univ Calif Santa Cruz - Estados Unidos
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| 6 | Zabludoff, Ann | Mujer |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | McGreer, Ian | Hombre |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Zheng, Zhen-Ya | Mujer |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
CASSACA - Chile Chinese Academy of Sciences - China |
| 9 | Green, Richard | Hombre |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 10 | Cantalupo, Sebastiano | Hombre |
ETH - Suiza
ETH Zurich - Suiza |
| 11 | Kneissl, Ruediger | Hombre |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
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| 12 | Hamden, Erika | Mujer |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 13 | Jiang, Linhua | - |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
| 14 | Kashikawa, N. | - |
Natl Astron Observ Japan - Japón
National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Japón |
| 15 | Wang, Ran | - |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
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| National Science Foundation |
| US NSF |
| National Research Foundation of Korea |
| NSF |
| NASA |
| Swiss National Science Foundation |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| JSPS |
| National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning |
| Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning |
| Division of Astronomical Sciences |
| Kitt Peak National Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
| Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Agradecimiento |
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| Z.C. acknowledges the valuable comments from Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia, Joe Hennawi, and Arjue Dey. Z.C., X.F., and I.M. thank the support from the US NSF grant AST 11-07682. Z.C. and J.X.P. acknowledge support from NSF AST-1412981. Y.Y.' s research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (NRF 2016R1C1B2007782). A.Z. acknowledges support from NSF grant AST-0908280 and NASA grant ADP-NNX10AD47G. S.C. gratefully acknowledges support from Swiss National Science Foundation grant PP00P2_163824. N.K. acknowledges support from the JSPS grant 15H03645. This work is based on observations at Kitt Peak National Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO Prop. ID: 2013A-0434; PI: Z. Cai; NOAO Prop. ID: 2014A-0395; PI: Z. Cai), which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The authors are honored to be permitted to conduct astronomical research on Iolkam Du'ag (Kitt Peak), a mountain with particular significance to the Tohono O'odham. The LBT is an international collaboration among institutions in the United States, Italy, and Germany. The LBT Corporation partners are The University of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona university system; Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy; LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Germany, representing the Max Planck Society, the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, and Heidelberg University; The Ohio State University; and The Research Corporation, on behalf of The University of Notre Dame, University of Minnesota, and University of Virginia. |
| Y.Y.'s research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (NRF 2016R1C1B2007782). A.Z. acknowledges support from NSF grant AST-0908280 and NASA grant DP-NNX10AD47G. |