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Lyman alpha Emission from High-Redshift Galaxies

Max Pettini, Richard W. Hunstead, David L. King, Linda J. Smith

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9502076

Abstract

We summarise the results of a deep search for Lyman alpha emission from star-forming regions associated with damped Lyman alpha absorption systems and conclude that the Lyman alpha luminosity of high redshift galaxies is generally less than 10(42) erg/s . We also present a newly discovered case, in the field of the QSO Q2059-360, where the emission is unusually strong, possibly because the damped system is close in redshift to the QSO.

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