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arxiv: 1701.08160 · v1 · pith:QPUNC3IYnew · submitted 2017-01-27 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA · astro-ph.CO

A gravitationally-boosted MUSE survey for emission-line galaxies at z>~5 behind the massive cluster RCS 0224

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We present a VLT/MUSE survey of lensed high-redshift galaxies behind the z=0.77 cluster RCS0224-0002. We study the detailed internal properties of a highly magnified ({\mu}~29) z=4.88 galaxy seen through the cluster. We detect wide-spread nebular CIV{\lambda}{\lambda}1548,1551{\AA} emission from this galaxy as well as a bright Ly{\alpha} halo with a spatially-uniform wind and absorption profile across 12 kpc in the image plane. Blueshifted high- and low-ionisation interstellar absorption indicate the presence of a high-velocity outflow ({\Delta}v~300 km/s) from the galaxy. Unlike similar observations of galaxies at z=2-3, the Ly{\alpha} emission from the halo emerges close to the systemic velocity - an order of magnitude lower in velocity offset than predicted in "shell"-like outflow models. To explain these observations we favour a model of an outflow with a strong velocity gradient, which changes the effective column density seen by the Ly{\alpha} photons. We also search for high-redshift Ly{\alpha} emitters and identify 14 candidates between z=4.8-6.6, including an over-density at z=4.88, of which only one has a detected counterpart in HST/ACS+WFC3 imaging.

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