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Geach, J. E.; Narayanan, D.; Matsuda, Y.; Hayes, M.; Mas-Ribas, Ll.; Dijkstra, M.; Steidel, C. C.; Chapman, S. C.; Feldmann, R.; Avison, A.; Agertz, O.; Ao, Y.; Birkinshaw, M.; Bremer, M. N.; Clements, D. L.; Dannerbauer, H.; Farrah, D.; Harrison, C. M.; Kubo, M.; Michałowski, M. J.; Scott, Douglas; Smith, D. J. B.; Spaans, M.; Simpson, J. M.; Swinbank, A. M.; Taniguchi, Y.; van der Werf, P.; Verma, A.; Yamada, T.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 832, Issue 1, article id. 37, 7 pp. (2016).
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We present new Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) 850
μm continuum observations of the original Lyα Blob (LAB) in the
SSA22 field at z = 3.1 (SSA22-LAB01). The ALMA map resolves the
previously identified submillimeter source into three components with a
total flux density of S 850 = 1.68 ± 0.06 mJy,
corresponding to a star-formation rate of ∼150 M ⊙
yr‑1. The submillimeter sources are associated with
several faint (m ≈ 27 mag) rest-frame ultraviolet sources identified
in Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) clear filter
imaging (λ ≈ 5850 Å). One of these companions is
spectroscopically confirmed with the Keck Multi-Object Spectrometer For
Infra-Red Exploration to lie within 20 projected kpc and 250 km
s‑1 of one of the ALMA components. We postulate that
some of these STIS sources represent a population of low-mass
star-forming satellites surrounding the central submillimeter sources,
potentially contributing to their growth and activity through accretion.
Using a high-resolution cosmological zoom simulation of a
1013 M ⊙ halo at z = 3, including stellar,
dust, and Lyα radiative transfer, we can model the ALMA+STIS
observations and demonstrate that Lyα photons escaping from the
central submillimeter sources are expected to resonantly scatter in
neutral hydrogen, the majority of which is predicted to be associated
with halo substructure. We show how this process gives rise to extended
Lyα emission with similar surface brightness and morphology to
observed giant LABs.