Exploring the intersection of Lyman-U Emitters & Lyman Break Galaxies behind the strongly lensed clusters : Abell370, Abell2744 and MACS0416
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2021
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In this thesis, we present a study of star-forming galaxies between redshifts 2.9-6.7 split among four categories: Pure LAEs (73 galaxies) without UV detection; Pure LBGs (1015 galaxies) without Lyman-a detection; LAE-LBGs (193 galaxies), with both Lyman break and Lyman-a detected; and Other SFGs without any of these signatures (459 galaxies). We use Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) and legacy Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data of the three Hubble Frontier Fields lensing clusters A370, A2744 and MACS0416, reaching magnitudes as faint as M1500 ≈ −13. We study the continuum and emission-line parameters of our sample, with the goal of finding and understanding any intrinsic differences between the aforementioned regimes of SFGs. We report a great diversity of high-redshift galaxies in the Lyman-a - M1500 plane, with a lack of massive galaxies above the SFR(Lya)=SFR(UV) line at M1500 < −18, with most pure LAEs near this line and log(Llya)<42.0. We measure the UV slope of pure LBGs and LAE-LBGs, with median values of ß=-1.75 and ß=-2.44 respectively, meaning that LAEs overall are near the dust-free domain while pure LBGs tend to be redder, and hence presumably more dust-obscured and/or older, the former being one of the probable reasons for their lack of Lyman-a; SFGs without LB or Lya show redder median slopes of ß=-1.59. LAE-LBGs tend to have a stronger sSFR than pure LBGs and other SFGs by a factor of 2 at every studied redshift. We find slight differences between the two LAE populations, with LAE-LBGs showing broader Lyman-a profiles, but further radiative transfer simulations are needed to clarify the contribution of HI velocity and column density.
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Tesis (Magíster en Astrofísica)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2021