ODIN: Clustering Analysis of 14,000 Lyα-emitting Galaxies at z = 2.4, 3.1, and 4.5

  • Danisbel Herrera
  • , Eric Gawiser
  • , Barbara Benda
  • , Nicole M. Firestone
  • , Vandana Ramakrishnan
  • , Byeongha Moon
  • , Kyoung Soo Lee
  • , Changbom Park
  • , Francisco Valdes
  • , Yujin Yang
  • , María Celeste Artale
  • , Robin Ciardullo
  • , Caryl Gronwall
  • , Lucia Guaita
  • , Ho Seong Hwang
  • , Jacob Kennedy
  • , Ankit Kumar
  • , Ann Zabludoff

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Abstract

Lyα emitters (LAEs) are star-forming galaxies that efficiently probe the spatial distribution of galaxies in the high-redshift Universe. The spatial clustering of LAEs reflects the properties of their individual host dark matter halos, allowing us to study the evolution of the galaxy-halo connection. We analyze the clustering of 5233, 5220, and 3706 LAEs at z = 2.4, 3.1, and 4.5, respectively, in the 9 deg2 COSMOS field from the One-hundred-deg2 DECam Imaging in Narrowbands survey. After correcting for redshift-space distortions, LAE contamination rates, and the integral constraint, the observed angular correlation functions imply linear galaxy bias factors of b = 1.7 2 − 0.27 + 0.26 , 2.0 1 − 0.29 + 0.26 , and 2.9 5 − 0.46 + 0.40 for z = 2.4, 3.1, and 4.5, respectively. The median dark matter halo masses inferred from these measurements are log ( M h / M ⊙ ) = 11.4 4 − 0.28 + 0.30 , 11.1 3 − 0.26 + 0.26 , and 10.8 5 − 0.24 + 0.24 for the three samples, respectively. The analysis also reveals that LAEs occupy roughly 3%-7% of the halos whose clustering strength matches that of the LAEs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberL57
JournalAstrophysical Journal Letters
Volume988
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2025
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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