Are High-EW LAEs good analogs for the earliest galaxies? A study on the ionizing conditions and gas properties of LAEs at $2\lesssim z\lesssim7

Lena Pless, Themiya Nanayakkara, Karl Glazebrook +3

Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) are frequently proposed as analogs of the low-mass, metal-poor galaxies thought to dominate cosmic reionization. In particular, galaxies with large Ly$\alpha$…