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2012ApJ...746...28Z - Astrophys. J., 746, 28 (2012/February-2)

X-ray constraints on the Lyα escape fraction.

ZHENG Z.-Y., MALHOTRA S., WANG J.-X., RHOADS J.E., FINKELSTEIN S.L., GAWISER E., GRONWALL C., GUAITA L., NILSSON K.K. and CIARDULLO R.

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We have co-added the X-ray flux of all known Lyα emitters (LAEs) in the 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) region, achieving the tightest upper limits yet on the X-ray to Lyα ratio. We use the X-ray data to place sensitive upper limits on the average unobscured star formation rate (SFRX) in these galaxies. A very small fraction of Lyα galaxies in the field are individually detected in the X-rays, implying a low fraction of active galactic nucleus activity. After excluding the few X-ray-detected LAEs, we stack the undetected LAEs located in the 4 Ms CDF-S data and 250 ks Extended CDF-S (ECDF-S) data, and compute a 1σ upper limit on SFR_ X_< 1.6, 14, 28, 28, 140, 440, 880 M/yr for LAEs located at z ∼ 0.3 and z = 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.5, 5.7, and 6.5, respectively. The upper limit of SFRX in LAEs can be then compared to SFRLyαderived from Lyα line and thus can constrain on the Lyα escape fraction (f EscLyα). The f EscLyα from X-ray at z ∼ 0.3 is substantially larger than that from UV or Hα. Three X-ray-detected LAE galaxies at z ∼ 0.3 show f EscLyα∼ 3%-22%, and the average Lyα escape fraction from stacking the X-ray-undetected LAEs show f EscLyα > 28% at 3σ significance level at the same redshift. We derive a lower limit on f EscLyα> 14% (84% confidence level, 1σ lower limit) for LAEs at redshift z ∼ 2.1 and z ∼ 3.1-3.2. At z > 4, the current LAE samples are not of sufficient size to constrain SFRXwell. By averaging all the LAEs at z > 2, the X-ray non-detection constrains f EscLyα > 17% (84% confidence level, 1σ lower limit), and rejects f EscLyα < 5.7% at the 99.87% confidence level from 2.1 < z < 6.5.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: starburst - X-rays: galaxies

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