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most citedThe Universe is Reionizing at z~7: Bayesian Inference of the IGM Neutral Fraction Using Ly Emission from Galaxies

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astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

The impact of nebular Lyman-Continuum on ionising photons budget and escape fractions from galaxies

C. Simmonds, A. Verhamme, A. K. Inoue +3

Several Lyman Continuum (LyC) emitters have been detected so far, but their observed ionising spectra sometimes differ from attenuated stellar spectra predicted by stellar populati…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 45 cited

The Prevalence of Galaxy Overdensities Around UV-Luminous Lyman Emitters in the Epoch of Reionization

E. Leonova, P. A. Oesch, Y. Qin +19

Before the end of the epoch of reionization, the Hydrogen in the Universe was predominantly neutral. This leads to a strong attenuation of Ly lines of galaxies in th…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 25 cited

The Spitzer/IRAC Legacy over the GOODS Fields: Full-Depth 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0um Mosaics and Photometry for > 9000 Galaxies at z~3.5-10 from the GOODS Re-ionization Era wide-Area Treasury from Spitzer (GREATS)

Mauro Stefanon, Ivo Labbé, Pascal A. Oesch +9

We present the deepest Spitzer/IRAC , , and m wide-area mosaics yet over the GOODS-N and GOODS-S fields as part of the GOODS Re-ionization Era wide-Area Treas…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 95 cited

Beacons into the Cosmic Dark Ages: Boosted transmission of Ly from UV bright galaxies at

Charlotte A. Mason, Tommaso Treu, Stephane de Barros +6

Recent detections of Lyman alpha (Ly) emission from galaxies were somewhat unexpected given a dearth of previous non-detections in this era when the intergalactic medium…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 157 cited

Kiloparsec-scale gaseous clumps and star formation at

S. Carniani, R. Maiolino, R. Amorin +13

We investigate the morphology of the [CII] emission in a sample of "normal" star-forming galaxies at in relation to their UV (rest-frame) counterpart. We use new ALMA obs…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 368 cited

The Universe is Reionizing at z~7: Bayesian Inference of the IGM Neutral Fraction Using Ly Emission from Galaxies

Charlotte A. Mason, Tommaso Treu, Mark Dijkstra +5

We present a new flexible Bayesian framework for directly inferring the fraction of neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR, z~6-10…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 39 cited

Optical Line Emission from z6.8 Sources with Deep Constraints on Ly Visibility

M. Castellano, L. Pentericci, A. Fontana +15

We analyze a sample of -dropout galaxies in the CANDELS GOODS South and UDS fields that have been targeted by a dedicated spectroscopic campaign aimed at detecting their Ly l…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 91 cited

Magnifying the early episodes of star formation: super star clusters at cosmological distances

E. Vanzella, M. Castellano, M. Meneghetti +27

We study the spectrophotometric properties of a highly magnified (μ~40-70) pair of stellar systems identified at z=3.2222 behind the Hubble Frontier Field galaxy cluster MACS~J0416…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 46 cited

Characterization of star-forming dwarf galaxies at 0.1 0.9 in VUDS: Probing the low-mass end of the mass-metallicity relation

A. Calabrò, R. Amorín, A. Fontana +19

We present the discovery and spectrophotometric characterization of a large sample of 164 faint ( - mag) star-forming dwarf galaxies (SFDGs) at redshift $0.1…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 3 cited

Analogs of primeval galaxies two billion years after the Big Bang

Ricardo Amorín, A. Fontana, E. Pérez-Montero +30

Deep observations are revealing a growing number of young galaxies in the first billion year of cosmic time. Compared to typical galaxies at later times, they show more extreme emi…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 187 cited

Paving the way for the JWST: witnessing globular cluster formation at z>3

E. Vanzella, F. Calura, M. Meneghetti +17

We report on five compact, extremely young (<10Myr) and blue (β_UV<-2.5, F_λ=λ^β) objects observed with VLT/MUSE at redshift 3.1169, 3.235, in addition to three objects at z=6.145.…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 56 cited

Illuminating gas in-/outflows in the MUSE deepest fields: discovery of Ly-alpha nebulae around forming galaxies at z~3.3

E. Vanzella, I. Balestra, M. Gronke +11

We report on the discovery of extended Ly-alpha nebulae at z~3.3 in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF, ~ 40 kpc X 80 kpc) and behind the Hubble Frontier Fields galaxy cluster MACSJ…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 193 cited

Hubble imaging of the ionizing radiation from a star-forming galaxy at z=3.2 with fesc>50%

E. Vanzella, S. de Barros, K. Vasei +20

Star-forming galaxies are considered to be the leading candidate sources that dominate the cosmic reionization at z>7, and the search for analogs at moderate redshift showing Lyman…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 121 cited

A Coherent Study of Emission Lines from Broad-Band Photometry: Specific Star-Formation Rates and [OIII]/Hβ Ratio at 3 < z < 6

A. L. Faisst, P. Capak, B. C. Hsieh +14

We measure the Hα and [OIII] emission line properties as well as specific star-formation rates (sSFR) of spectroscopically confirmed 3<z<6 galaxies in COSMOS from their observed co…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 48 cited

Limits on the LyC signal from z~3 sources with secure redshift and HST coverage in the E-CDFS field

L. Guaita, L. Pentericci, A. Grazian +23

Aim: We aim to measure the LyC signal from a sample of sources in the Chandra deep field south. We collect star-forming galaxies (SFGs) and active galactic nuclei (AGN) with accura…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 19 cited

Dust attenuation of the nebular regions and optical emission lines of star-forming galaxies

S. de Barros, N. Reddy, I. Shivaei

We use a sample of 149 spectroscopically confirmed UV-selected galaxies at to investigate the relative dust attenuation of the stellar continuum and the nebular emission…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 192 cited

An extreme [OIII] emitter at : a low metallicity Lyman continuum source

S. de Barros, E. Vanzella, R. Amorín +16

[Abridged] We investigate the physical properties of a Lyman continuum emitter candidate at with photometric coverage from to MIPS 24m band and VIMOS/VLT and MOSFI…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 44 cited

A Study of Massive and Evolved Galaxies at High Redshift

Hooshang Nayyeri, Bahram Mobasher, Shoubaneh Hemmati +14

We use data taken as part of HST/WFC3 observations of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) to identify massive and evolved galaxies at 3<z<4…

astro-ph.CO2013

Emission line properties from broad-band photometry: Impact on selection and physical parameter estimation

S. de Barros, H. Nayyeri, N. Reddy +1

Several works have now shown that nebular emission can have a significant impact on broad-band photometry of high-redshift galaxies (), and how this can affect parameter est…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 143 cited

Properties of Lyman Break Galaxies. II. Impact of nebular emission at high redshift

S. de Barros, D. Schaerer, D. P. Stark

We present a homogeneous, detailed analysis of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of 1700 LBGs from the GOODS-MUSIC catalogue with deep multi-wavelength photometry from…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 89 cited

Properties of z~3-6 Lyman break galaxies. II. Testing star formation histories and the SFR-mass relation with ALMA and near-IR spectroscopy

Daniel Schaerer, Stephane de Barros, Panos Sklias

We examine the dependence of derived physical parameters of distant Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) on the assumed star formation histories (SFHs), their implications on the SFR-mass r…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 4 cited

The importance of nebular emission for SED modeling of distant star-forming galaxies

Daniel Schaerer, Stephane de Barros

We highlight and discuss the importance of accounting for nebular emission in the SEDs of high redshift galaxies, as lines and continuum emission can contribute significantly or su…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 2 cited

LBG properties from z~3 to z~6

Stephane de Barros, Daniel Schaerer, Daniel P. Stark

We analyse the spectral energy distribution (SED) of U, B, V and i-dropout samples from GOODS-MUSIC and we determine their physical properties, such as stellar age and mass, dust a…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 42 cited

On Lya emission in z~3-6 UV-selected galaxies

Daniel Schaerer, Stephane de Barros, Daniel P. Stark

Determining Lya properties of distant galaxies is of great interest for various astrophysical studies. We examine how the strength of Lya emission can be constrained from broad-ban…