Lyman-Alpha Blobs and the Formation of Structure at High Redshift

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Sep 2002

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Chandra Proposal ID #04600526

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Chandra Proposal Id #04600526

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Bright, extended Lyman-alpha nebulae (known as blobs) appear to be common in the densest environments at high redshift, and may reveal an important stage in galaxy evolution. Current Chandra data cannot distinguish between the possible excitation mechanisms, but suggest that we are seeing dense intracluster gas either falling into forming galaxies (cooling flows) or being expelled into the ICM, enriching it. Evidence also suggests that some blobs harbor AGN. We propose to observe four Lyman-alpha blobs in a single cluster at z=2.38. Our ACIS 100 ksec exposure will complete the Chandra observations of all currently known blobs.

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