Kavli Affiliate: Michael Gladders
| First 5 Authors: Manuel Solimano, Jorge González-López, Manuel Aravena, Evelyn Johnston, Cristóbal Moya-Sierralta
| Summary:
Spatially extended halos of H I Ly$alpha$ emission are now ubiquitously
found around high-redshift star-forming galaxies. But our understanding of the
nature and powering mechanisms of these halos is still hampered by the complex
radiative transfer effects of the Ly$alpha$ line and limited angular
resolution. In this paper, we present resolved Multi Unit Spectroscopic
Explorer (MUSE) observations of SGAS J122651.3+215220, a strongly-lensed pair
of $L^{*}$ galaxies at $z=2.92$ embedded in a Ly$alpha$ halo of
$L_{Lyalpha}=(6.2pm1.3)times10^{42}$ erg s$^{-1}$. Globally, the system
shows a line profile that is markedly asymmetric and redshifted, but its width
and peak shift vary significantly across the halo. By fitting the spatially
binned Ly$alpha$ spectra with a collection of radiative transfer galactic wind
models, we infer a mean outflow expansion velocity of $approx 211$ km
s$^{-1}$, with higher values preferentially found on both sides of the system’s
major axis. The velocity of the outflow is validated with the blueshift of
low-ionization metal absorption lines in the spectra of the central galaxies.
We also identify a faint ($M_{1500} approx -16.7$) companion detected in both
Ly$alpha$ and the continuum, whose properties are in agreement with a
predicted population of satellite galaxies that contribute to the extended
Ly$alpha$ emission. Finally, we briefly discuss the impact of the interaction
between the central galaxies on the properties of the halo and the possibility
of in situ fluorescent Ly$alpha$ production.
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