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Probing the ISM of Heiiλ1640 emitters at z = 2–4 via MUSE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2020

Themiya Nanayakkara ,
Jarle Brinchmann  and
The MUSE Collaboration
Themiya Nanayakkara
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands email: [email protected]
Jarle Brinchmann
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands email: [email protected] Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco, Universidade do Porto, CAUP, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal. email: [email protected]
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Heiiλ1640 emission in the absence of other metal lines is the most sought-after emission line to detect and characterize metal free stellar populations. However, even recent stellar population models with sophisticated treatment of stellar evolution also lack sufficient He+ ionising photons to reproduce observed He 0.1em ii fluxes. We use VLT/MUSE GTO observations to compile a catalogue of 15 z ∼ 2–4 He ii λ1640 emitters from ∼10–30 hour pointings. We show that both He ii λ1640 detections and non-detections occupy similar distribution in UV absolute magnitudes. Rest-UV emission line analysis of our sample shows that the emission lines of our He ii λ1640 emitters are driven by star-formation in solar to moderately sub-solar (∼1/20th) metallicity conditions. However, we find that even after considering effects from binary stars, we are unable to reproduce the He ii λ1640 equivalent widths. Alternative mechanisms are necessary to compensate for the missing He+ ionising photons.

Keywords

galaxies: high-redshiftgalaxies: ISMultraviolet: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S341: Challenges in Panchromatic Modelling with Next Generation Facilities , November 2019 , pp. 235 - 239
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

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