# Puzzling Lyman-alpha line profiles in green pea galaxies

@article{Orlitov2018PuzzlingLL,
title={Puzzling Lyman-alpha line profiles in green pea galaxies},
author={I. Orlitov{\'a} and Anne Verhamme and Alaina L. Henry and Claudia Scarlata and Anne E. Jaskot and Sally Oey and Daniel Schaerer},
journal={Astronomy \& Astrophysics},
year={2018}
}
• Published 4 June 2018
• Physics
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. The Lyman-alpha (Lyα) line of hydrogen is of prime importance for detecting galaxies at high redshift. For a correct data interpretation, numerical radiative transfer models are necessary due to Lyα resonant scattering off neutral hydrogen atoms. Aims. Recent observations have discovered an escape of ionizing Lyman-continuum radiation from a population of compact, actively star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 0.2−0.3, also known as “green peas”. For the potential similarities with…

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