A Deep Narrow Band Imaging Search for CIVλ1548Å and HeIIλ1640Å Emission from Lyman Alpha Blobs
Abstract
To study the nature of Lyα blobs (aka LABs), we conduct a deep C IV and He II narrowband imaging survey of 13 Lyα blobs located in SSA22 proto-cluster at z ~ 3.1. We reach the unprecedented sensitivity, 5σ surface brightness limit of 2.1 - 3.4 × 10-18 erg s-1 cm-2 arcsec-2 per 1 arcsec2 aperture for two emission lines. We do not detect any extended C IV and He II emission, placing strong upper limits on the He II/Lyα and C IV/Lyα line ratios. We compare our limits with data in the literature related to the nebulae associated with high-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs) and quasars, and we recover the data by modeling the LABs as nebulosities powered by a central QSO. For further information see Arrigoni Battaia et al. (2014).
- Publication:
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Multiwavelength AGN Surveys and Studies
- Pub Date:
- July 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921314003214
- Bibcode:
- 2014IAUS..304...32A
- Keywords:
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- LAB;
- QSO;
- CGM;
- photoionization