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| Paper: |
Faint Lyα Emitters, Star-forming Galaxies, and Damped Lyα Systems |
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399, Panoramic Views of Galaxy Formation and Evolution |
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59 |
| Authors: |
Rauch, M.; Haehnelt, M.; Bunker, A.; Becker, G.; Marleau, F.; Graham, J.; Cristiani, S.; Jarvis, M.; Lacey, C.; Morris, S.; Peroux, C.; Roettgering, H.; Theuns, T. |
| Abstract: |
We have discovered a population of faint single line emitters, likely to be identified with faint z∼ 3 Lyα emitters and with the host galaxies of damped Lyman alpha systems. The objects appear to constitute the bulk of the star-forming galaxies detected so far from the ground, and are likely to provide the gaseous reservoir from which present-day Milky way type galaxies have formed. Unlike color-selected (Lyman break galaxies, these objects appear to have low star-formation rates, relatively strong Lyalpha emission, and low masses, metallicities, and dust content (s.a. arXiv:0711.1354). |
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