The MOSDEF Survey: Direct Observational Constraints on the Ionizing Photon Production Efficiency, ${\xi }_{\mathrm{ion}}$, at z~2

Irene Shivaei, Naveen A. Reddy, Brian Siana +11

We combine spectroscopic measurements of H$\alpha$ and H$\beta$ and UV continuum photometry for a sample of 673 galaxies from the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field survey to constrain hydrogen i…