First light and reionization epoch simulations (FLARES) X iii: the lyman-continuum emission of high-redshift galaxies

Louise T.C. Seeyave; Stephen M. Wilkins; Jussi K. Kuusisto; Christopher C. Lovell; Dimitrios Irodotou; Charlotte Simmonds; Aswin P. Vijayan; Peter A. Thomas; William J. Roper; Conor M. Byrne; Gareth T. Jones; Jack C. Turner; Christopher J. Conselice

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad2487

First light and reionization epoch simulations (FLARES) X iii: the lyman-continuum emission of high-redshift galaxies

Louise T.C. Seeyave^*
, Stephen M. Wilkins
, Jussi K. Kuusisto
, Christopher C. Lovell
, Dimitrios Irodotou
, Charlotte Simmonds
, Aswin P. Vijayan
, Peter A. Thomas
, William J. Roper
, Conor M. Byrne
, Gareth T. Jones
, Jack C. Turner
, Christopher J. Conselice

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The history of reionization is highly dependent on the ionizing properties of high-redshift galaxies. It is therefore important to have a solid understanding of how the ionizing properties of galaxies are linked to physical and observable quantities. In this paper, we use the First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (Flares) to study the Lyman-continuum (LyC, i.e. hydrogen-ionizing) emission of massive (⁠M∗>10⁸M⊙⁠) galaxies at redshifts z = 5 − 10. We find that the specific ionizing emissivity (i.e. intrinsic ionizing emissivity per unit stellar mass) decreases as stellar mass increases, due to the combined effects of increasing age and metallicity.

Original language	English
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	525
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	2422-2440
ISSN	0035-8711
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2487
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Dark ages, reionization, first stars
Galaxies: evolution
Galaxies: formation
Galaxies: high-redshift
Methods: numerical

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Seeyave, L. T. C., Wilkins, S. M., Kuusisto, J. K., Lovell, C. C., Irodotou, D., Simmonds, C., Vijayan, A. P., Thomas, P. A., Roper, W. J., Byrne, C. M., Jones, G. T., Turner, J. C., & Conselice, C. J. (2023). First light and reionization epoch simulations (FLARES) X iii: the lyman-continuum emission of high-redshift galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(2), 2422-2440. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2487

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First light and reionization epoch simulations (FLARES) X iii: the lyman-continuum emission of high-redshift galaxies. / Seeyave, Louise T.C.; Wilkins, Stephen M.; Kuusisto, Jussi K. et al.
In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 525, No. 2, 2023, p. 2422-2440.

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First light and reionization epoch simulations (FLARES) X iii: the lyman-continuum emission of high-redshift galaxies

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