Spectroscopy of z>3 Lyman-limit Galaxies

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dc.creatorSpinrad, Hyron
dc.creatorDey, Arjun
dc.creatorStern, Daniel
dc.creatorBunker, Andrew
dc.date1998-02-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:26:04Z
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the spectral character of Lyman-limit-selected, star-forming galaxies at z>3. The rest-frame UV spectra of these faint galaxies may show Ly-alpha in either absorption or emission, probably depending upon their local ISM content and geometry. Other UV interstellar resonance absorption lines show considerable variation in strength, likely related to differences in the galactic metal abundances. We present initial results on B-drop galaxies, generally at z~4. Our low-resolution spectrograms show no measurable flux below the redshifted Lyman limit (912 Angstroms). Thus, it is likely that normal, star-forming galaxies at early cosmic epochs did not significantly contribute to the metagalactic ionizing radiation field.
dc.description7 pages, 1 encapsulated color postscript figure, requires knawproc.cls style file. To appear in proceedings of the Knaw colloquium `The most distant radio galaxies', Amsterdam, October 1997. Reidel in press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9802150
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9802150
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/12123
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSpectroscopy of z>3 Lyman-limit Galaxies
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