• DOI:10.1017/pasa.2014.33
Corpus ID: 119237814

Lyα Emitting Galaxies as a Probe of Reionisation

@article{Dijkstra2014LyEG,
  title={Ly$\alpha$ Emitting Galaxies as a Probe of Reionisation},
  author={M. Dijkstra},
  journal={Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia},
  year={2014},
  volume={31}
}

• M. Dijkstra
• Published 2014
• Physics
• Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Abstract The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) represents a milestone in the evolution of our Universe. Star-forming galaxies that existed during the EoR likely emitted a significant fraction ( ~ 5 − 40%) of their bolometric luminosity as Lyα line emission. However, neutral intergalactic gas that existed during the EoR was opaque to Lyα emission that escaped from galaxies during this epoch, which makes it difficult to observe. The neutral intergalactic medium (IGM) may thus reveal itself by… Expand