Searching for Accreting Black Holes in Lyman Continuum Emitters

The early universe was reionized, likely by UV light from massive stars. The two galaxies from which Lyman continuum radiation has been directly observed are both very luminous X-ray sources and the emission from one, Haro 11, is dominated by a hard-spectrum point-like source that is likely one or more accreting compact objects. Such objects can produce powerful outflows, rivaling the strength of stellar winds and supernovae, that prevent scattering and allow the Lyman emission to escape. We recently detected luminous X-ray sources in three Lyman emitter candidates. We propose to observe the remainder of the sample and determine if there is a correlation between strong X-ray emission and Lyman continuum emission.