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arxiv: 2606.31917 · v1 · pith:ZZNNKMJVnew · submitted 2026-06-30 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA · astro-ph.IM

Unveiling the Cosmic Dawn with SHARP: Probing extended Lyman-α nebulae in a Universe less than 600 Myr old

Susanna Bisogni , Giustina Vietri , Enrico Piconcelli , Federica Ricci , Andrea Travascio , Paolo Franzetti , Adriana Gargiulo , Chiara Mancini This is my paper

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keywords Lyman-alpha nebulaehigh-redshift quasarsepoch of reionizationcircumgalactic mediumELT observationsearly universe galaxy formationsupermassive black holes
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The ELT with SHARP will map extended Lyman-alpha nebulae around z>9 quasars from 150 parsec to 100 kiloparsec scales for the first time.

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This paper argues that the Extremely Large Telescope combined with the SHARP spectrograph will make the first observations of extended Lyman-alpha emission from quasars at redshifts greater than 9. Such observations would reveal the circumgalactic and intergalactic medium in the early universe less than 600 million years after the Big Bang. This capability comes from the large collecting area of the ELT and the resolution of SHARP, allowing mapping of structures as small as 150 parsecs while capturing large-scale features up to 100 kiloparsecs. Understanding these environments is key to explaining how supermassive black holes and galaxies formed so quickly.

Core claim

The unprecedented collecting area of ELT, coupled with the resolution and wavelength coverage of SHARP, specifically VESPER, will enable us to map for the first time z>9 Lyα emission down to the structures of size ∼150 pc, while simultaneously capturing their large-scale structure up to 100 kpc for the first time at this redshift. This will allow a major and long-awaited step forward in the exploration of quasars and galaxies formation and evolution deep in the epoch of reionisation.

What carries the argument

SHARP instrument on the ELT, particularly its VESPER component, providing high resolution and wavelength coverage for Lyman-alpha observations at high redshift.

If this is right

  • Characterization of the circumgalactic medium surrounding high-redshift quasars will become possible.
  • Insights into the conditions enabling rapid black hole growth and galaxy formation in the early universe will be gained.
  • Probing of the intergalactic medium during the epoch of reionization will be enabled.
  • A major step forward in exploring quasars and galaxies formation deep in the reionization epoch will result.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Success would allow testing of how neutral hydrogen affects the visibility of extended emission during reionization.
  • It could guide selection of targets from upcoming surveys like Euclid for follow-up observations.
  • Similar capabilities might extend to studying even fainter or higher-redshift sources in future.

Load-bearing premise

Detectable extended Lyman-alpha nebulae exist at redshifts greater than 9 and can be observed despite the large neutral hydrogen fraction during reionization.

What would settle it

If no extended Lyman-alpha emission is detected around z>9 quasars down to the predicted sensitivity and resolution limits of SHARP on ELT, the feasibility of mapping these structures would not hold.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.31917 by Adriana Gargiulo, Andrea Travascio, Chiara Mancini, Enrico Piconcelli, Federica Ricci, Giustina Vietri, Paolo Franzetti, Susanna Bisogni.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: A comparison between the region published by Scholtz et al. (2024), a 1.5 ′′ × 1.5 ′′ JWST/NIRCam F277W continuum image overlaid with red dashed contours tracing the Ly𝛼 emission detected at the 2, 3, 4, and 5𝜎 levels, and the area covered by an array of 12 VESPER IFUs (shown in green), which spans ∼ 24′′. At 𝑧 ∼ 9, this corresponds to a physical scale of roughly ∼ 100 kpc. For reference, the NIRSpec IFU f… view at source ↗
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The existence of luminous quasars just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang challenges our understanding of both black hole growth and galaxy formation and evolution. These objects harbour supermassive black holes exceeding a billion solar masses (M$_{BH} > 10^{9} M_{\odot}$) by redshift $z\sim 6.5$-$7.5$, powered by extreme gas accretion. At the same time, their host galaxies are also undergoing intense star formation, consuming gas at the rate of hundreds of solar masses per year. Characterising the circumgalactic medium (CGM) and intergalactic medium (IGM) surrounding high-redshift quasars becomes an essential tool to understand the conditions that enable the rapid formation and evolution of these extreme sources. While in the last decades spatially resolved observations in the optical band have targeted CGM through Ly$\alpha$ nebulae surrounding $z \sim 2-6$ quasars, current instrumental limitations hamper observations of high-z ($z>8$) quasars that will be discovered by Euclid/Roman/LSST surveys. Despite the large fraction of neutral hydrogen at the epoch of reionisation, in the last decade several surprising Ly$\alpha$ detections have been obtained from sources deep in the epoch of reionisation. The unprecedented collecting area of ELT, coupled with the resolution and wavelength coverage of SHARP, specifically VESPER, will enable us to map for the first time $z>9$ Ly$\alpha$ emission down to the structures of size $\sim$150 pc, while simultaneously capturing their large-scale structure up to 100 kpc for the first time at this redshift. This will allow a major and long-awaited step forward in the exploration of quasars and galaxies formation and evolution deep in the epoch of reionisation.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript is a science case proposal for using the SHARP instrument (specifically its VESPER component) on the Extremely Large Telescope to observe extended Lyman-α nebulae around quasars at z > 9. It reviews the existence of luminous quasars at early times, the importance of mapping the CGM/IGM via Lyα, notes prior detections at z ~ 2-6 and some at higher z, and asserts that ELT's collecting area combined with SHARP's resolution and wavelength coverage will enable the first mapping of such structures at scales from ~150 pc to 100 kpc during the epoch of reionization.

Significance. If the proposed observations prove feasible, they would represent a substantial advance in probing galaxy and black hole formation deep in the reionization epoch by extending spatially resolved Lyα studies to z > 9. The manuscript correctly identifies the scientific motivation but provides no quantitative support for the performance claims, limiting its immediate impact as a technical justification.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that SHARP/VESPER 'will enable us to map for the first time z>9 Lyα emission down to the structures of size ∼150 pc, while simultaneously capturing their large-scale structure up to 100 kpc' is presented without any sensitivity calculations, exposure time estimates, signal-to-noise projections, or references to instrument performance specifications that would justify these specific scales. This is load-bearing for the proposal's core assertion.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract and main text: The premise that extended Lyα nebulae will be detectable at z>9 despite the high neutral hydrogen fraction is stated as motivation but is not supported by any new analysis, mock spectra, or quantitative extrapolation from the cited lower-redshift detections; this assumption directly underpins the proposed observations.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their review and constructive feedback on this science case proposal. We address the major comments below and will revise the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the quantitative justification.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that SHARP/VESPER 'will enable us to map for the first time z>9 Lyα emission down to the structures of size ∼150 pc, while simultaneously capturing their large-scale structure up to 100 kpc' is presented without any sensitivity calculations, exposure time estimates, signal-to-noise projections, or references to instrument performance specifications that would justify these specific scales. This is load-bearing for the proposal's core assertion.

    Authors: We agree that explicit sensitivity calculations and references to instrument specifications are needed to support the claimed spatial scales. These scales follow directly from the ELT's diffraction-limited resolution at the observed wavelength combined with SHARP/VESPER's pixel scale and field of view, but the manuscript does not include the supporting numbers. We will add a dedicated paragraph (and update the abstract) with references to the SHARP instrument paper, basic surface-brightness sensitivity estimates scaled from the ELT collecting area, and exposure-time projections based on typical Lyα surface brightnesses reported at z~6-7. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract and main text: The premise that extended Lyα nebulae will be detectable at z>9 despite the high neutral hydrogen fraction is stated as motivation but is not supported by any new analysis, mock spectra, or quantitative extrapolation from the cited lower-redshift detections; this assumption directly underpins the proposed observations.

    Authors: The manuscript already cites multiple z>8 Lyα detections (including extended emission) as empirical evidence that transmission is possible within ionized bubbles. However, we acknowledge the lack of explicit extrapolation or mock spectra. We will expand the relevant section with a short quantitative discussion of expected surface-brightness scaling with redshift (drawing on the cited works) and note the role of local overdensities, without performing new radiative-transfer simulations that fall outside the scope of a science-case paper. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; purely descriptive proposal with no derivations

full rationale

The manuscript is an observational proposal paper. It contains no equations, fitted parameters, derivations, or load-bearing claims that reduce to self-citations or internal fits. The central statement concerns prospective instrument capabilities (ELT collecting area + SHARP/VESPER resolution) for future z>9 Lyα mapping, presented as a factual description of hardware performance rather than a derived result. Prior Lyα detections at lower redshifts are referenced as background motivation but do not form a self-referential chain. The paper is self-contained against external benchmarks as a forward-looking proposal.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

The paper relies on standard assumptions about instrument performance and the existence of observable Lyα structures at high redshift but introduces no new free parameters, axioms, or invented entities.

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