ODIN: Rest-frame Optical Morphologies and Star Formation Activity of Lyα Emitters at z=2.4, 3.1, and 4.5
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| author | Im, Sang Hyeok Hwang, Ho Seong Lee, Jeong Hwan Ciardullo, Robin Gawiser, Eric Gronwall, Caryl Guaita, Lucia Jeong, Woong-Seob Kumar, Ankit Lee, Kyoung-Soo Park, Changbom Ramakrishnan, Vandana Singh, Akriti Song, Hyunmi Hong, Sungryong Kim, Juhan Lee, Jaehyun Pichon, Christophe Casey, Caitlin M. Franco, Maximilien Harish, Santosh Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. |
| author_facet | Im, Sang Hyeok Hwang, Ho Seong Lee, Jeong Hwan Ciardullo, Robin Gawiser, Eric Gronwall, Caryl Guaita, Lucia Jeong, Woong-Seob Kumar, Ankit Lee, Kyoung-Soo Park, Changbom Ramakrishnan, Vandana Singh, Akriti Song, Hyunmi Hong, Sungryong Kim, Juhan Lee, Jaehyun Pichon, Christophe Casey, Caitlin M. Franco, Maximilien Harish, Santosh Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. |
| contents | We analyze the rest-frame optical (~8000 Å) morphologies and star formation activity of Lyα emitters (LAEs) at redshifts $2.4$, $3.1$, and $4.5$, identified in the ODIN survey. To compare their physical properties with those of other galaxies, we construct a comparison sample of typical star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at similar redshifts from the COSMOS2025 catalog. Using the \textit{JWST}/NIRCam images from the COSMOS-Web survey, we measure the rest-frame optical sizes and Sérsic indices. We first examine their size-mass relations and find that LAEs at all three redshifts have smaller sizes than typical SFGs, with the size difference decreasing at higher redshifts. We also find that LAEs tend to have larger Sérsic indices at $z=2.4$ and $3.1$ than typical SFGs, but the difference becomes weaker at $z=4.5$. These trends are qualitatively reproduced in the Horizon Run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation. We then investigate star formation activity and find that LAEs exhibit higher star formation rates than typical SFGs at all redshifts considered. Finally, we examine the connection between Lyα emission and galaxy structure, finding that the rest-frame equivalent width (REW) of the Lyα emission line has negative and positive correlations with size and Sérsic index, respectively. In addition, we find a strong positive correlation between the Lyα REW and the ratio of the instantaneous star formation rate to that averaged over the last $100\;\mathrm{Myr}$ (i.e., $\mathrm{SFR_{inst}}/\mathrm{SFR_{100 Myr}}$). These results suggest the compact and starbursting nature of LAEs, and provide important constraints on the physical mechanism for the Lyα photon escape from galaxies. |
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| spellingShingle | ODIN: Rest-frame Optical Morphologies and Star Formation Activity of Lyα Emitters at z=2.4, 3.1, and 4.5 Im, Sang Hyeok Hwang, Ho Seong Lee, Jeong Hwan Ciardullo, Robin Gawiser, Eric Gronwall, Caryl Guaita, Lucia Jeong, Woong-Seob Kumar, Ankit Lee, Kyoung-Soo Park, Changbom Ramakrishnan, Vandana Singh, Akriti Song, Hyunmi Hong, Sungryong Kim, Juhan Lee, Jaehyun Pichon, Christophe Casey, Caitlin M. Franco, Maximilien Harish, Santosh Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. Astrophysics of Galaxies We analyze the rest-frame optical (~8000 Å) morphologies and star formation activity of Lyα emitters (LAEs) at redshifts $2.4$, $3.1$, and $4.5$, identified in the ODIN survey. To compare their physical properties with those of other galaxies, we construct a comparison sample of typical star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at similar redshifts from the COSMOS2025 catalog. Using the \textit{JWST}/NIRCam images from the COSMOS-Web survey, we measure the rest-frame optical sizes and Sérsic indices. We first examine their size-mass relations and find that LAEs at all three redshifts have smaller sizes than typical SFGs, with the size difference decreasing at higher redshifts. We also find that LAEs tend to have larger Sérsic indices at $z=2.4$ and $3.1$ than typical SFGs, but the difference becomes weaker at $z=4.5$. These trends are qualitatively reproduced in the Horizon Run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation. We then investigate star formation activity and find that LAEs exhibit higher star formation rates than typical SFGs at all redshifts considered. Finally, we examine the connection between Lyα emission and galaxy structure, finding that the rest-frame equivalent width (REW) of the Lyα emission line has negative and positive correlations with size and Sérsic index, respectively. In addition, we find a strong positive correlation between the Lyα REW and the ratio of the instantaneous star formation rate to that averaged over the last $100\;\mathrm{Myr}$ (i.e., $\mathrm{SFR_{inst}}/\mathrm{SFR_{100 Myr}}$). These results suggest the compact and starbursting nature of LAEs, and provide important constraints on the physical mechanism for the Lyα photon escape from galaxies. |
| title | ODIN: Rest-frame Optical Morphologies and Star Formation Activity of Lyα Emitters at z=2.4, 3.1, and 4.5 |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29344 |