A New Constraint on Reionization from the Evolution of the Ly alpha Luminosity Function at z similar to 6-7 Probed by a Deep Census of z=7.0 Ly alpha Emitter Candidates to 0.3L

Ota, K; Iye, M; Kashikawa, N; Konno, A; Nakata, F; Totani, T; Kobayashi, MAR; Fudamoto, Y; Seko, A; Toshikawa, J; Ichikawa, A; Shibuya, T; Onoue, M

Ota, K (reprint author), Univ Cambridge, Kavli Inst Cosmol, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England.; Ota, K (reprint author), Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, 19 JJ Thomson Ave, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England.; Ota, K (reprint author), Kavli Inst, Cambridge,

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2017; 844 (1):

Abstract

We detect 20 z = 7.0 Ly alpha emitter (LAE) candidates to L(Ly alpha) similar to 2 x 10(42) erg s(-1) or 0.3 L*(z=7) and in a volume of 6.1 x 10(5) Mp......

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