Little impact of mergers and galaxy morphology on the production and escape of ionizing photons in the early Universe

S. Mascia, L. Pentericci, M. Llerena +28

Compact, star-forming galaxies with high star formation rate surface densities (${\Sigma }_{\text{SFR}}$) are often efficient Lyman continuum (LyC) emitters at $z\le 4.5$, likely as inten…