%0 Generic %1 claeyssens2019spectral %A Claeyssens, Adélaïde %A Richard, Johan %A Blaizot, Jéméry %A Garel, Thibault %A Leclercq, Floriane %A Patricio, Vera %A Verhamme, Anne %A Wisotzki, Lutz %A Bacon, Roland %A Carton, David %A Clément, Benjamin %A Herenz, Edmund Christian %A Marino, Raffaella Anna %A Muzahid, Sowgat %A Saust, Rike %A Schaye, Joop %D 2019 %K library %T Spectral variations of Lyman-alpha emission within strongly lensed sources observed with MUSE %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.01692 %X We present an analysis of HI Lyman-alpha emission in deep VLT/MUSE observations of two highly magnified and extended galaxies at z=3.5 and 4.03, including a newly discovered, almost complete Einstein ring. While these Lyman-alpha haloes are intrinsically similar to the ones typically seen in other MUSE deep fields, the benefits of gravitational lensing allows us to construct exceptionally detailed maps of Lyman-alpha line properties at sub-kpc scales. By combining all multiple images, we are able to observe complex structures in the Lyman-alpha emission and uncover small (~ 120 km/s in Lyman-alpha peak shift), but significant at > 4 sigma, systematic variations in the shape of the Lyman-alpha line profile within each halo. Indeed, we observe a global trend for the line peak shift to become redder at large radii, together with a strong correlation between the peak wavelength and line width. This systematic intrahalo variation is markedly similar to the object-to-object variations obtained from the integrated properties of recent large samples. Regions of high surface brightness correspond to relatively small line shifts, which could indicate that Lyman-alpha emission escapes preferentially from regions where the line profile has been less severely affected by scattering of Lyman-alpha photons.

@misc{claeyssens2019spectral, abstract = {We present an analysis of HI Lyman-alpha emission in deep VLT/MUSE observations of two highly magnified and extended galaxies at z=3.5 and 4.03, including a newly discovered, almost complete Einstein ring. While these Lyman-alpha haloes are intrinsically similar to the ones typically seen in other MUSE deep fields, the benefits of gravitational lensing allows us to construct exceptionally detailed maps of Lyman-alpha line properties at sub-kpc scales. By combining all multiple images, we are able to observe complex structures in the Lyman-alpha emission and uncover small (~ 120 km/s in Lyman-alpha peak shift), but significant at > 4 sigma, systematic variations in the shape of the Lyman-alpha line profile within each halo. Indeed, we observe a global trend for the line peak shift to become redder at large radii, together with a strong correlation between the peak wavelength and line width. This systematic intrahalo variation is markedly similar to the object-to-object variations obtained from the integrated properties of recent large samples. Regions of high surface brightness correspond to relatively small line shifts, which could indicate that Lyman-alpha emission escapes preferentially from regions where the line profile has been less severely affected by scattering of Lyman-alpha photons.}, added-at = {2019-09-05T06:12:37.000+0200}, author = {Claeyssens, Adélaïde and Richard, Johan and Blaizot, Jéméry and Garel, Thibault and Leclercq, Floriane and Patricio, Vera and Verhamme, Anne and Wisotzki, Lutz and Bacon, Roland and Carton, David and Clément, Benjamin and Herenz, Edmund Christian and Marino, Raffaella Anna and Muzahid, Sowgat and Saust, Rike and Schaye, Joop}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2df510c5b3dd8a033a1a68bbd86ce40e2/gpkulkarni}, description = {Spectral variations of Lyman-alpha emission within strongly lensed sources observed with MUSE}, interhash = {e41ebccacd0d1ffc001ab337489dc118}, intrahash = {df510c5b3dd8a033a1a68bbd86ce40e2}, keywords = {library}, note = {cite arxiv:1909.01692Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS}, timestamp = {2019-09-05T06:12:37.000+0200}, title = {Spectral variations of Lyman-alpha emission within strongly lensed sources observed with MUSE}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.01692}, year = 2019 }