Mapping the Polarization of the Radio-Loud Ly$\alpha$ Nebula B3 J2330+3927

Chang You, Ann Zabludoff, Paul Smith +6

Lya nebulae, or "Lya blobs", are extended (up to ~100 kpc), bright (L[Lya] > 10^43 erg/s) clouds of Lya emitting gas that tend to lie in overdense regions at z ~ 2--5. The origin o…