Deep SAURON spectral imaging of the diffuse Lyman α halo LAB1 in SSA 22.

Bower, R.G.; Morris, S.L.; Bacon, R.; Wilman, R.J.; Sullivan, M.; Chapman, S.; Davies, R.L.; de Zeeuw, P.T.; Emsellem, E.

Abstract

We have used the SAURON panoramic integral field spectrograph to study the structure of the Lyα emission-line halo, LAB1, surrounding the submillimetre galaxy SMM J221726+0013. This emission-line halo was discovered during a narrow-band imaging survey of the z= 3.1 large-scale structure in the SSA 22 region. Our observations trace the emission halo out to almost 100 kpc from the submillimetre source and identify two distinct Lyα‘mini-haloes’ around the nearby Lyman-break galaxies. The main emission region has a broad line profile, with variations in the line profile seeming chaotic and lacking evidence for a coherent velocity structure. The data also suggest that Lyα emission is suppressed around the submillimetre source. Interpretation of the line structure needs care because Lyα may be resonantly scattered, leading to complex radiative transfer effects, and we suggest that the suppression in this region arises because of such effects. We compare the structure of the central emission-line halo with local counterparts, and find that the emission-line halo around NGC 1275 in the Perseus cluster may be a good local analogue, although the high-redshift halo is factor of ∼100 more luminous and appears to have higher velocity broadening. Around the Lyman-break galaxy C15, the emission line is narrower, and a clear shear in the emission wavelength is seen. A plausible explanation for the line profile is that the emission gas is expelled from C15 in a bipolar outflow, similar to that seen in M82.

Citation

Bower, R., Morris, S., Bacon, R., Wilman, R., Sullivan, M., Chapman, S., …Emsellem, E. (2004). Deep SAURON spectral imaging of the diffuse Lyman α halo LAB1 in SSA 22. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 351(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07783.x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 27, 2004
• Online Publication Date: Jun 11, 2004
• Publication Date: 2004-06
• Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Print ISSN: 0035-8711
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2966
• Publisher: Royal Astronomical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 351
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 63-69
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07783.x