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A Deep Narrow Band Imaging Search for CIVλ1548Å and HeIIλ1640Å Emission from Lyman Alpha Blobs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2014

Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany email: arrigoni@mpia.de
Y. Yang
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany email: arrigoni@mpia.de
J. F. Hennawi
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany email: arrigoni@mpia.de
Y. Matsuda
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany email: arrigoni@mpia.de
T. Yamada
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany email: arrigoni@mpia.de
T. Hayashino
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany email: arrigoni@mpia.de
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Abstract

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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).

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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