The Effect of Dust Geometry on the Lyα Output of Galaxies

Date

2009

Authors

Scarlata, C
Colbert, James W
Teplitz, Harry
Panagia, Nino
Hayes, M
Siana, B
Rau, Arne
Francis, Paul
Caon, A
Pizzella, A

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present the optical spectroscopic follow-up of 31 z = 0.3 Lyα emitters, previously identified by Deharveng et al. We find that 17% of the Lyα emitters have line ratios that require the hard ionizing continuum produced by an active galactic nucleus. T

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Keywords: Galaxies: ISM; ISM: structure

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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2037-12-31