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标题：The Sunburst Arc: Direct Lyman α escape observed in the brightest known lensed galaxy
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作者：T. E. Rivera-Thorsen ; H. Dahle ; M. Gronke 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2017
卷号：608
页码：1-4
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201732173
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：We present rest-frame ultraviolet and optical spectroscopy of the brightest lensed galaxy yet discovered, at redshift z = 2.4. The source reveals a characteristic triple-peaked Lyman α profile that has been predicted in various theoretical works, but to our knowledge has not been unambiguously observed previously. The feature is well fit by a superposition of two components: a double-peak profile emerging from substantial radiative transfer, and a narrow, central component resulting from directly escaping Lyman α photons, but it is poorly fit by either component alone. We demonstrate that the feature is unlikely to contain contamination from nearby sources, and that the central peak is unaffected by radiative transfer effects except for very slight absorption. The feature is detected at signal-to-noise ratios exceeding 80 per pixel at line center, and bears strong resemblance to synthetic profiles predicted by numerical models.
关键词：engalaxies: individual: PSZ1-ARC G311.660218.4624galaxies: starburstgravitational lensing: strongGalaxy: evolutiongalaxies: high-redshiftgalaxies: ISM