The Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey. II. New Insights into LyC Diagnostics

Sophia R. Flury; Anne E. Jaskot; Harry C. Ferguson; Gábor Worseck; Kirill Makan; John Chisholm; Alberto Saldana-Lopez; Daniel Schaerer; Stephan R. McCandliss; Xinfeng Xu; Bingjie Wang; M. S. Oey; N. M. Ford; Timothy Heckman; Zhiyuan Ji; Mauro Giavalisco; Ricardo Amorín; Hakim Atek; Jeremy Blaizot; Sanchayeeta Borthakur; Cody Carr; Marco Castellano; Stephane De Barros; Mark Dickinson; Steven L. Finkelstein; Brian Fleming; Fabio Fontanot; Thibault Garel; Andrea Grazian; Matthew Hayes; Alaina Henry; Valentin Mauerhofer; Genoveva Micheva; Goran Ostlin; Casey Papovich; Laura Pentericci; Swara Ravindranath; Joakim Rosdahl; Michael Rutkowski; Paola Santini; Claudia Scarlata; Harry Teplitz; Trinh Thuan; Maxime Trebitsch; Eros Vanzella; Anne Verhamme

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The Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey. II. New Insights into LyC Diagnostics

Sophia R. Flury, Anne E. Jaskot, Harry C. Ferguson, Gábor Worseck, Kirill Makan, John Chisholm, Alberto Saldana-Lopez, Daniel Schaerer, Stephan R. McCandliss, Xinfeng Xu, Bingjie Wang, M. S. Oey, N. M. Ford, Timothy Heckman, Zhiyuan Ji, Mauro Giavalisco, Ricardo Amorín, Hakim Atek, Jeremy Blaizot, Sanchayeeta BorthakurCody Carr, Marco Castellano, Stephane De Barros, Mark Dickinson, Steven L. Finkelstein, Brian Fleming, Fabio Fontanot, Thibault Garel, Andrea Grazian, Matthew Hayes, Alaina Henry, Valentin Mauerhofer, Genoveva Micheva, Goran Ostlin, Casey Papovich, Laura Pentericci, Swara Ravindranath, Joakim Rosdahl, Michael Rutkowski, Paola Santini, Claudia Scarlata, Harry Teplitz, Trinh Thuan, Maxime Trebitsch, Eros Vanzella, Anne Verhamme

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The Lyman continuum (LyC) cannot be observed at the epoch of reionization (z ≈ 6) owing to intergalactic H i absorption. To identify LyC emitters (LCEs) and infer the fraction of escaping LyC, astronomers have developed various indirect diagnostics of LyC escape. Using measurements of the LyC from the Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey (LzLCS), we present the first statistical test of these diagnostics. While optical depth indicators based on Lyα, such as peak velocity separation and equivalent width, perform well, we also find that other diagnostics, such as the [O iii]/[O ii] flux ratio and star formation rate surface density, predict whether a galaxy is an LCE. The relationship between these galaxy properties and the fraction of escaping LyC flux suggests that LyC escape depends strongly on H i column density, ionization parameter, and stellar feedback. We find that LCEs occupy a range of stellar masses, metallicities, star formation histories, and ionization parameters, which may indicate episodic and/or different physical causes of LyC escape.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	126
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	930
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac61e4
State	Published - May 1 2022

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Flury, S. R., Jaskot, A. E., Ferguson, H. C., Worseck, G., Makan, K., Chisholm, J., Saldana-Lopez, A., Schaerer, D., McCandliss, S. R., Xu, X., Wang, B., Oey, M. S., Ford, N. M., Heckman, T., Ji, Z., Giavalisco, M., Amorín, R., Atek, H., Blaizot, J., ... Verhamme, A. (2022). The Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey. II. New Insights into LyC Diagnostics. Astrophysical Journal, 930(2), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac61e4

Flury, SR, Jaskot, AE, Ferguson, HC, Worseck, G, Makan, K, Chisholm, J, Saldana-Lopez, A, Schaerer, D, McCandliss, SR, Xu, X, Wang, B, Oey, MS, Ford, NM, Heckman, T, Ji, Z, Giavalisco, M, Amorín, R, Atek, H, Blaizot, J, Borthakur, S, Carr, C, Castellano, M, Barros, SD, Dickinson, M, Finkelstein, SL, Fleming, B, Fontanot, F, Garel, T, Grazian, A, Hayes, M, Henry, A, Mauerhofer, V, Micheva, G, Ostlin, G, Papovich, C, Pentericci, L, Ravindranath, S, Rosdahl, J, Rutkowski, M, Santini, P, Scarlata, C, Teplitz, H, Thuan, T, Trebitsch, M, Vanzella, E & Verhamme, A 2022, 'The Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey. II. New Insights into LyC Diagnostics', Astrophysical Journal, vol. 930, no. 2, 126. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac61e4

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