The production of ionizing photons in UV-faint z ∼ 3–7 galaxies
Aims. The demographics of the production and escape of ionizing photons from UV-faint early galaxies is a key unknown that has hindered attempts to discover the primary drivers of reionization. With the advent of JWST, it is finally possible to observe the rest-frame optical nebular emission from in...
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| description | Aims.
The demographics of the production and escape of ionizing photons from UV-faint early galaxies is a key unknown that has hindered attempts to discover the primary drivers of reionization. With the advent of JWST, it is finally possible to observe the rest-frame optical nebular emission from individual sub-
L
*
z
> 3 galaxies to measure the production rate of ionizing photons,
ξ
ion
.
Methods.
Here we study a sample of 370
z
∼ 3 − 7 galaxies spanning −23 |
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The demographics of the production and escape of ionizing photons from UV-faint early galaxies is a key unknown that has hindered attempts to discover the primary drivers of reionization. With the advent of JWST, it is finally possible to observe the rest-frame optical nebular emission from individual sub-
L
*
z
> 3 galaxies to measure the production rate of ionizing photons,
ξ
ion
.
Methods.
Here we study a sample of 370
z
∼ 3 − 7 galaxies spanning −23 <
M
UV
< −15.5 (median
M
UV
≈ −18) with deep multiband HST and JWST/NIRCam photometry that covers the rest-UV to the optical from the GLASS and UNCOVER JWST surveys. Our sample includes 102 galaxies with Lyman-alpha emission detected in MUSE spectroscopy. We used H
α
fluxes inferred from NIRCam photometry to estimate the production rate of ionizing photons that do not escape these galaxies,
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
).
Results.
We find median log
10
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
) = 25.33 ± 0.47, with a broad intrinsic scatter of 0.42 dex, which implies a broad range of galaxy properties and ages in our UV-faint sample. Galaxies detected with Lyman-alpha have ∼0.1 dex higher
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
), which is explained by their higher H
α
equivalent width distribution; this implies younger ages and higher specific star formation rates and, thus, more O/B stars. We find significant trends of increasing
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
) with increasing H
α
equivalent width, decreasing UV luminosity, and decreasing UV slope; this implies that the production of ionizing photons is enhanced in young galaxies with assumed low metallicities. We find no significant evidence for sources with very high ionizing escape fractions (
f
esc
> 0.5) in our sample based on their photometric properties, even amongst the Lyman-alpha-selected galaxies.
Conclusions.
This work demonstrates that considering the full distribution of
ξ
ion
across galaxy properties is important for assessing the primary drivers of reionization.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0004-6361</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1432-0746</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245532</identifier><language>eng</language><ispartof>Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), 2023-04, Vol.672, p.A186</ispartof><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c294t-1cd2c46ee66bd11bb89a65f30a0780b02a6911b7d9e23b3cca672d2b6ad4861d3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c294t-1cd2c46ee66bd11bb89a65f30a0780b02a6911b7d9e23b3cca672d2b6ad4861d3</cites><orcidid>0000-0003-3518-0374</orcidid></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,3727,27924,27925</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Prieto-Lyon, Gonzalo</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Strait, Victoria</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mason, Charlotte A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Brammer, Gabriel</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Caminha, Gabriel B.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mercurio, Amata</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Acebron, Ana</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Bergamini, Pietro</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Grillo, Claudio</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Rosati, Piero</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vanzella, Eros</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Castellano, Marco</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Merlin, Emiliano</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Paris, Diego</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Boyett, Kristan</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Calabrò, Antonello</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Morishita, Takahiro</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mascia, Sara</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Pentericci, Laura</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Roberts-Borsani, Guido</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Roy, Namrata</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Treu, Tommaso</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vulcani, Benedetta</creatorcontrib><title>The production of ionizing photons in UV-faint z ∼ 3–7 galaxies</title><title>Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin)</title><description>Aims.
The demographics of the production and escape of ionizing photons from UV-faint early galaxies is a key unknown that has hindered attempts to discover the primary drivers of reionization. With the advent of JWST, it is finally possible to observe the rest-frame optical nebular emission from individual sub-
L
*
z
> 3 galaxies to measure the production rate of ionizing photons,
ξ
ion
.
Methods.
Here we study a sample of 370
z
∼ 3 − 7 galaxies spanning −23 <
M
UV
< −15.5 (median
M
UV
≈ −18) with deep multiband HST and JWST/NIRCam photometry that covers the rest-UV to the optical from the GLASS and UNCOVER JWST surveys. Our sample includes 102 galaxies with Lyman-alpha emission detected in MUSE spectroscopy. We used H
α
fluxes inferred from NIRCam photometry to estimate the production rate of ionizing photons that do not escape these galaxies,
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
).
Results.
We find median log
10
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
) = 25.33 ± 0.47, with a broad intrinsic scatter of 0.42 dex, which implies a broad range of galaxy properties and ages in our UV-faint sample. Galaxies detected with Lyman-alpha have ∼0.1 dex higher
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
), which is explained by their higher H
α
equivalent width distribution; this implies younger ages and higher specific star formation rates and, thus, more O/B stars. We find significant trends of increasing
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
) with increasing H
α
equivalent width, decreasing UV luminosity, and decreasing UV slope; this implies that the production of ionizing photons is enhanced in young galaxies with assumed low metallicities. We find no significant evidence for sources with very high ionizing escape fractions (
f
esc
> 0.5) in our sample based on their photometric properties, even amongst the Lyman-alpha-selected galaxies.
Conclusions.
This work demonstrates that considering the full distribution of
ξ
ion
across galaxy properties is important for assessing the primary drivers of reionization.</description><issn>0004-6361</issn><issn>1432-0746</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2023</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNo9kM1KxDAcxIMoWFefwEteIG7yT5q2Ryl-LCx42fUa8tXdyNqUpoLuyaN3X8en2SexRdnTMMMw8BuErhm9YTRnc0qpIJJLNgcKIPKcwwnKmOBAaCHkKcqOjXN0kdLLaIGVPEP1autx10f3ZocQWxwbPErYh3aDu20cYptwaPH6mTQ6tAPe48PXD-aHz-8Cb_ROvwefLtFZo3fJX_3rDK3v71b1I1k-PSzq2yWxUImBMOvACum9lMYxZkxZaZk3nGpalNRQ0LIa48JVHrjh1mpZgAMjtROlZI7PEP_btX1MqfeN6vrwqvsPxaiaflATpZoo1fEH_gvl1FEu</recordid><startdate>20230401</startdate><enddate>20230401</enddate><creator>Prieto-Lyon, Gonzalo</creator><creator>Strait, Victoria</creator><creator>Mason, Charlotte A.</creator><creator>Brammer, Gabriel</creator><creator>Caminha, Gabriel B.</creator><creator>Mercurio, Amata</creator><creator>Acebron, Ana</creator><creator>Bergamini, Pietro</creator><creator>Grillo, Claudio</creator><creator>Rosati, Piero</creator><creator>Vanzella, Eros</creator><creator>Castellano, Marco</creator><creator>Merlin, Emiliano</creator><creator>Paris, Diego</creator><creator>Boyett, Kristan</creator><creator>Calabrò, Antonello</creator><creator>Morishita, Takahiro</creator><creator>Mascia, Sara</creator><creator>Pentericci, Laura</creator><creator>Roberts-Borsani, Guido</creator><creator>Roy, Namrata</creator><creator>Treu, Tommaso</creator><creator>Vulcani, Benedetta</creator><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3518-0374</orcidid></search><sort><creationdate>20230401</creationdate><title>The production of ionizing photons in UV-faint z ∼ 3–7 galaxies</title><author>Prieto-Lyon, Gonzalo ; Strait, Victoria ; Mason, Charlotte A. ; Brammer, Gabriel ; Caminha, Gabriel B. ; Mercurio, Amata ; Acebron, Ana ; Bergamini, Pietro ; Grillo, Claudio ; Rosati, Piero ; Vanzella, Eros ; Castellano, Marco ; Merlin, Emiliano ; Paris, Diego ; Boyett, Kristan ; Calabrò, Antonello ; Morishita, Takahiro ; Mascia, Sara ; Pentericci, Laura ; Roberts-Borsani, Guido ; Roy, Namrata ; Treu, Tommaso ; Vulcani, Benedetta</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c294t-1cd2c46ee66bd11bb89a65f30a0780b02a6911b7d9e23b3cca672d2b6ad4861d3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2023</creationdate><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Prieto-Lyon, Gonzalo</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Strait, Victoria</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mason, Charlotte A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Brammer, Gabriel</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Caminha, Gabriel B.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mercurio, Amata</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Acebron, Ana</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Bergamini, Pietro</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Grillo, Claudio</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Rosati, Piero</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vanzella, Eros</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Castellano, Marco</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Merlin, Emiliano</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Paris, Diego</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Boyett, Kristan</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Calabrò, Antonello</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Morishita, Takahiro</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mascia, Sara</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Pentericci, Laura</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Roberts-Borsani, Guido</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Roy, Namrata</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Treu, Tommaso</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vulcani, Benedetta</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><jtitle>Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin)</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Prieto-Lyon, Gonzalo</au><au>Strait, Victoria</au><au>Mason, Charlotte A.</au><au>Brammer, Gabriel</au><au>Caminha, Gabriel B.</au><au>Mercurio, Amata</au><au>Acebron, Ana</au><au>Bergamini, Pietro</au><au>Grillo, Claudio</au><au>Rosati, Piero</au><au>Vanzella, Eros</au><au>Castellano, Marco</au><au>Merlin, Emiliano</au><au>Paris, Diego</au><au>Boyett, Kristan</au><au>Calabrò, Antonello</au><au>Morishita, Takahiro</au><au>Mascia, Sara</au><au>Pentericci, Laura</au><au>Roberts-Borsani, Guido</au><au>Roy, Namrata</au><au>Treu, Tommaso</au><au>Vulcani, Benedetta</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>The production of ionizing photons in UV-faint z ∼ 3–7 galaxies</atitle><jtitle>Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin)</jtitle><date>2023-04-01</date><risdate>2023</risdate><volume>672</volume><spage>A186</spage><pages>A186-</pages><issn>0004-6361</issn><eissn>1432-0746</eissn><abstract>Aims.
The demographics of the production and escape of ionizing photons from UV-faint early galaxies is a key unknown that has hindered attempts to discover the primary drivers of reionization. With the advent of JWST, it is finally possible to observe the rest-frame optical nebular emission from individual sub-
L
*
z
> 3 galaxies to measure the production rate of ionizing photons,
ξ
ion
.
Methods.
Here we study a sample of 370
z
∼ 3 − 7 galaxies spanning −23 <
M
UV
< −15.5 (median
M
UV
≈ −18) with deep multiband HST and JWST/NIRCam photometry that covers the rest-UV to the optical from the GLASS and UNCOVER JWST surveys. Our sample includes 102 galaxies with Lyman-alpha emission detected in MUSE spectroscopy. We used H
α
fluxes inferred from NIRCam photometry to estimate the production rate of ionizing photons that do not escape these galaxies,
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
).
Results.
We find median log
10
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
) = 25.33 ± 0.47, with a broad intrinsic scatter of 0.42 dex, which implies a broad range of galaxy properties and ages in our UV-faint sample. Galaxies detected with Lyman-alpha have ∼0.1 dex higher
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
), which is explained by their higher H
α
equivalent width distribution; this implies younger ages and higher specific star formation rates and, thus, more O/B stars. We find significant trends of increasing
ξ
ion
(1 −
f
esc
) with increasing H
α
equivalent width, decreasing UV luminosity, and decreasing UV slope; this implies that the production of ionizing photons is enhanced in young galaxies with assumed low metallicities. We find no significant evidence for sources with very high ionizing escape fractions (
f
esc
> 0.5) in our sample based on their photometric properties, even amongst the Lyman-alpha-selected galaxies.
Conclusions.
This work demonstrates that considering the full distribution of
ξ
ion
across galaxy properties is important for assessing the primary drivers of reionization.</abstract><doi>10.1051/0004-6361/202245532</doi><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3518-0374</orcidid><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
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