The Effect of Dust Geometry on the Lyα Output of Galaxies

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

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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

Publisher

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