The Lyman Alpha Reference Sample IX: Revelations from deep surface photometry

Abstract

The Lyman Alpha Reference Sample (LARS) of 14 star-forming galaxies offers a wealth of insight into the workings of these local analogs to high-redshift star-forming galaxies. The sample has been well-studied in terms of LyA and other emission line properties, such as HI mass, gas kinematics, and morphology. We analyze deep surface photometry of the LARS sample in UBIK broadband imaging obtained at the Nordic Optical Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, and juxtaposition their derived properties with a sample of local high-redshift galaxy analogs, namely, with blue compact galaxies (BCGs). We construct radial surface brightness and color profiles with both elliptical and isophotal integration, as well as RGB images, deep contours, color maps, a burst fraction estimate, and a radial mass-to-light ratio profile for each LARS galaxy. Standard morphological parameters like asymmetry, clumpiness, the Gini and M20 coefficients are [...] analyzed, as well as isophotal asymmetry profiles for each galaxy. [...] We compare the LARS to the properties of the BCG sample and highlight the differences. Several diagnostics indicate that the LARS galaxies have highly disturbed morphologies even at the level of the faintest isophotes [...]. The ground-based photometry [...] reveals previously unexplored isophotes [...]. The burst fraction estimate suggests a spatially more extended burst region in LARS than in the BCGs. [...] The galaxies in the LARS sample appear to be in earlier stages of a merger event compared to the BCGs. Standard morphological diagnostics like asymmetry, clumpiness, Gini and M20 coefficients cannot separate the two samples, although an isophotal asymmetry profile successfully captures the average difference in morphology. These morphological diagnostics do not show any correlation with the equivalent width or the escape fraction of Lyman Alpha. [abridged]

arXiv comment27 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

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