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MUSE searches for galaxies near very metal-poor gas clouds at z~3: new constraints for cold accretion models | Michele Fumagalli
; Sebastiano Cantalupo
; Avishai Dekel
; Simon L. Morris
; John M. O'Meara
; J. Xavier Prochaska
; Tom Theuns
; | Date: |
13 Jul 2016 | Abstract: | We report on the search for galaxies in the proximity of two very metal-poor
gas clouds at z~3 towards the quasar Q0956+122. With a 5-hour MUSE integration
in a ~500x500 kpc^2 region centred at the quasar position, we achieve a >80%
complete spectroscopic survey of continuum-detected galaxies with m<25 mag and
Ly{alpha} emitters with luminosity L>3e41 erg/s. We do not identify galaxies
at the redshift of a z~3.2 Lyman limit system (LLS) with log Z/Zsun = -3.35 +/-
0.05, placing this gas cloud in the intergalactic medium or circumgalactic
medium of a galaxy below our sensitivity limits. Conversely, we detect five
Ly{alpha} emitters at the redshift of a pristine z~3.1 LLS with log Z/Zsun <
-3.8, while ~0.4 sources were expected given the z~3 Ly{alpha} luminosity
function. Both this high detection rate and the fact that at least three
emitters appear aligned in projection with the LLS suggest that this pristine
cloud is tracing a gas filament that is feeding one or multiple galaxies. Our
observations uncover two different environments for metal-poor LLSs, implying a
complex link between these absorbers and galaxy halos, which ongoing MUSE
surveys will soon explore in detail. Moreover, in agreement with recent MUSE
observations, we detected a ~90 kpc Ly{alpha} nebula at the quasar redshift
and three Ly{alpha} emitters reminiscent of a "dark galaxy" population. | Source: | arXiv, 1607.3893 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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