EIGER I. a large sample of [OIII]-emitting galaxies at $5.3<z<6.9$ and direct evidence for local reionization by galaxies

Abstract

We present a first sample of 117 [OIII]$\lambda \lambda$4960,5008-selected star-forming galaxies at $5.33<z<6.93$ detected in JWST/NIRCam 3.5$\mu$m slitless spectroscopy of a $6.5\times 3.4$ arcmin${}^2$ field centered on the hyperluminous quasar SDSS J0100+2802, obtained as part of the EIGER (Emission-line galaxies and Intergalactic Gas in the Epoch of Reionization) survey. Three prominent galaxy overdensities are observed, one of them at the redshift of the quasar. Galaxies are found within 200 pkpc and 105 km s${}^{-1}$ of four known metal absorption-line systems in this redshift range. We focus on the role of the galaxies in ionizing the surrounding intergalactic medium (IGM) during the later stages of cosmic reionization and construct the mean Ly$\alpha$ and Ly$\beta$ transmission as a function of distance from the galaxies. At the lowest redshifts in our study, $5.3<z<5.7$, the IGM transmission rises monotonically with distance from the galaxies. This is as expected when galaxies reside at peaks in the overdensity field of an IGM that is ionized by more or less uniform ionizing background, and has been seen at lower redshifts. In contrast, at $5.7<z<6.14$, the transmission of both Ly$\alpha$ and Ly$\beta$ first increases with distance, but then peaks at a distance of 5 cMpc before declining. This peak in transmission is qualitatively similar to that seen (albeit at smaller distances and higher redshifts) in the THESAN simulations. Finally, in the region $6.15<z<6.26$ where the additional ionizing radiation from the quasar dominates, the monotonic increase in transmission with distance is re-established. This result is interpreted to represent evidence that the transmission of the IGM at $z\sim 5.9$ towards J0100+2802 results from the ``local'' ionizing radiation of galaxies that dominates over the much reduced cosmic background.

arXiv comment24 pages, 14 figures, submitted to ApJ, comments welcome

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