MAMMOTH-Subaru. II. Diverse Populations of Circumgalactic Ly$α$ Nebulae at Cosmic Noon
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| author | Li, Mingyu Zhang, Haibin Cai, Zheng Liang, Yongming Kashikawa, Nobunari Ma, Ke Fan, Xiaohui Prochaska, J. Xavier Emonts, Bjorn H. C. Wang, Xin Wu, Yunjing Zhang, Shiwu Li, Qiong Johnson, Sean D. Yue, Minghao Battaia, Fabrizio Arrigoni Cantalupo, Sebastiano Hennawi, Joseph F. Kikuta, Satoshi Ning, Yuanhang Ouchi, Masami Shimakawa, Rhythm Wang, Ben Wang, Weichen Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Zhen-Ya |
| author_facet | Li, Mingyu Zhang, Haibin Cai, Zheng Liang, Yongming Kashikawa, Nobunari Ma, Ke Fan, Xiaohui Prochaska, J. Xavier Emonts, Bjorn H. C. Wang, Xin Wu, Yunjing Zhang, Shiwu Li, Qiong Johnson, Sean D. Yue, Minghao Battaia, Fabrizio Arrigoni Cantalupo, Sebastiano Hennawi, Joseph F. Kikuta, Satoshi Ning, Yuanhang Ouchi, Masami Shimakawa, Rhythm Wang, Ben Wang, Weichen Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Zhen-Ya |
| contents | Circumgalactic Lyman-alpha (Ly$α$) nebulae are gaseous halos around galaxies exhibiting luminous extended Ly$α$ emission. This work investigates Ly$α$ nebulae from deep imaging of $\sim12~\mathrm{deg}^2$ sky, targeted by the MAMMOTH-Subaru survey. Utilizing the wide-field capability of Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), we present one of the largest blind Ly$α$ nebula selections, including QSO nebulae, Ly$α$ blobs, and radio galaxy nebulae down to typical $2σ$ Ly$α$ surface brightness of $(5-10)\times10^{-18}\mathrm{~erg~s^{-1}~cm^{-2}~arcsec^{-2}}$. The sample contains 117 nebulae with Ly$α$ sizes of 40 - 400 kpc, and the most gigantic one spans about 365 kpc, referred to as the Ivory Nebula. Combining multiwavelength data, we investigate diverse nebula populations and associated galaxies. We find a small fraction of Ly$α$ nebulae have QSOs ($\sim7\%$), luminous infrared galaxies ($\sim1\%$), and radio galaxies ($\sim 2\%$). Remarkably, among the 28 enormous Ly$α$ nebulae (ELANe) exceeding 100 kpc, about 80\% are associated with UV-faint galaxies ($M_\mathrm{UV} > -22$), categorized as Type II ELANe. We underscore that Type II ELANe constitute the majority but remain largely hidden in current galaxy and QSO surveys. Dusty starburst and obscured AGN activity are proposed to explain the nature of Type II ELANe. The SED of stacking all Ly$α$ nebulae also reveals signs of massive dusty star-forming galaxies with obscured AGNs. We propose a model to explain the dusty nature where the diverse populations of Ly$α$ nebulae capture massive galaxies at different evolutionary stages undergoing violent assembling. Ly$α$ nebulae provide critical insights into the formation and evolution of today's massive cluster galaxies at cosmic noon. |
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| spellingShingle | MAMMOTH-Subaru. II. Diverse Populations of Circumgalactic Ly$α$ Nebulae at Cosmic Noon Li, Mingyu Zhang, Haibin Cai, Zheng Liang, Yongming Kashikawa, Nobunari Ma, Ke Fan, Xiaohui Prochaska, J. Xavier Emonts, Bjorn H. C. Wang, Xin Wu, Yunjing Zhang, Shiwu Li, Qiong Johnson, Sean D. Yue, Minghao Battaia, Fabrizio Arrigoni Cantalupo, Sebastiano Hennawi, Joseph F. Kikuta, Satoshi Ning, Yuanhang Ouchi, Masami Shimakawa, Rhythm Wang, Ben Wang, Weichen Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Zhen-Ya Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Circumgalactic Lyman-alpha (Ly$α$) nebulae are gaseous halos around galaxies exhibiting luminous extended Ly$α$ emission. This work investigates Ly$α$ nebulae from deep imaging of $\sim12~\mathrm{deg}^2$ sky, targeted by the MAMMOTH-Subaru survey. Utilizing the wide-field capability of Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), we present one of the largest blind Ly$α$ nebula selections, including QSO nebulae, Ly$α$ blobs, and radio galaxy nebulae down to typical $2σ$ Ly$α$ surface brightness of $(5-10)\times10^{-18}\mathrm{~erg~s^{-1}~cm^{-2}~arcsec^{-2}}$. The sample contains 117 nebulae with Ly$α$ sizes of 40 - 400 kpc, and the most gigantic one spans about 365 kpc, referred to as the Ivory Nebula. Combining multiwavelength data, we investigate diverse nebula populations and associated galaxies. We find a small fraction of Ly$α$ nebulae have QSOs ($\sim7\%$), luminous infrared galaxies ($\sim1\%$), and radio galaxies ($\sim 2\%$). Remarkably, among the 28 enormous Ly$α$ nebulae (ELANe) exceeding 100 kpc, about 80\% are associated with UV-faint galaxies ($M_\mathrm{UV} > -22$), categorized as Type II ELANe. We underscore that Type II ELANe constitute the majority but remain largely hidden in current galaxy and QSO surveys. Dusty starburst and obscured AGN activity are proposed to explain the nature of Type II ELANe. The SED of stacking all Ly$α$ nebulae also reveals signs of massive dusty star-forming galaxies with obscured AGNs. We propose a model to explain the dusty nature where the diverse populations of Ly$α$ nebulae capture massive galaxies at different evolutionary stages undergoing violent assembling. Ly$α$ nebulae provide critical insights into the formation and evolution of today's massive cluster galaxies at cosmic noon. |
| title | MAMMOTH-Subaru. II. Diverse Populations of Circumgalactic Ly$α$ Nebulae at Cosmic Noon |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13113 |