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Title: | The Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS). III. A Census of Lyα Emission at z ≳ 7 from HST Spectroscopy | Authors: | Schmidt, K. B. Treu, T. Bradač, M. Vulcani, Benedetta Huang, K. -H. Hoag, A. Maseda, M. Guaita, L. PENTERICCI, Laura Brammer, G. B. Dijkstra, M. Dressler, A. FONTANA, Adriano Henry, A. L. Jones, T. A. Mason, C. Trenti, M. Wang, X. |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal: | THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | Number: | 818 | Issue: | 1 | First Page: | 38 | Abstract: | We present a census of Lyα emission at z≳ 7, utilizing deep near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope grism spectroscopy from the first six completed clusters of the Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS). In 24/159 photometrically selected galaxies we detect emission lines consistent with Lyα in the GLASS spectra. Based on the distribution of signal-to-noise ratios and on simulations, we expect the completeness and the purity of the sample to be 40%-100% and 60%-90%, respectively. For the objects without detected emission lines we show that the observed (not corrected for lensing magnification) 1σ flux limits reach 5 × 10<SUP>-18</SUP> erg s<SUP>-1</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP> per position angle over the full wavelength range of GLASS (0.8-1.7 μm). Based on the conditional probability of Lyα emission measured from the ground at z∼ 7, we would have expected 12-18 Lyα emitters. This is consistent with the number of detections, within the uncertainties, confirming the drop in Lyα emission with respect to z∼ 6. Deeper follow-up spectroscopy, here exemplified by Keck spectroscopy, is necessary to improve our estimates of completeness and purity and to confirm individual candidates as true Lyα emitters. These candidates include a promising source at z = 8.1. The spatial extent of Lyα in a deep stack of the most convincing Lyα emitters with < z> = 7.2 is consistent with that of the rest-frame UV continuum. Extended Lyα emission, if present, has a surface brightness below our detection limit, consistent with the properties of lower-redshift comparison samples. From the stack we estimate upper limits on rest-frame UV emission line ratios and find {f}<SUB>{{C</SUB>}{{IV}}}/{f}<SUB>{Ly</SUB>α }≲ 0.32 and {f}<SUB>{{C</SUB>}{{III}}]}/{f}<SUB>{Ly</SUB>α }≲ 0.23, in good agreement with other values published in the literature. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/24650 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/38 | ISSN: | 0004-637X | DOI: | 10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/38 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016ApJ...818...38S | Fulltext: | open |
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