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TY - JOUR
T1 - On the nature of H$α$ emitters at $z \sim 2$ from the HiZELS survey
T2 - physical properties, Ly$α$ escape fraction, and main sequence
AU - Oteo, I.
AU - Sobral, D.
AU - Ivison, R. J.
AU - Smail, I.
AU - Best, P. N.
AU - Cepa, J.
AU - Perez-Garcia, A. M.
N1 - This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version I. Oteo, D. Sobral, R. J. Ivison, I. Smail, P. N. Best, J. Cepa, and A. M. Pérez-García On the nature of Hα emitters at z~ 2 from the HiZELS survey: physical properties, Lyα escape fraction and main sequence MNRAS 2015 452: 2018-2033. is available online at: http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/452/2/2018
PY - 2015/9/11
Y1 - 2015/9/11
N2 - We present a detailed multi-wavelength study (from rest-frame UV to far-IR) of narrow-band (NB) selected, star-forming (SF) H$\alpha$ emitters (HAEs) at $z \sim 2.23$ taken from the High Redshift(Z) Emission Line Survey (HiZELS). We find that HAEs have similar SED-derived properties and colors to $sBzK$ galaxies and probe a well-defined portion of the SF population at $z \sim 2$. This is not true for Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs), which are strongly biased towards blue, less massive galaxies (missing a significant percentage of the SF population). Combining our H$\alpha$ observations with matched, existing Ly$\alpha$ data we determine that the Ly$\alpha$ escape fraction ($f_{\rm esc}$) is low (only $\sim$ 4.5\% of HAEs show Ly$\alpha$ emission) and decreases with increasing dust attenuation, UV continuum slope, stellar mass, and star formation rate (SFR). This suggests that Ly$\alpha$ preferentially escapes from blue galaxies with low dust attenuation. However, a small population of red and massive LAEs is also present in agreement with previous works. This indicates that dust and Ly$\alpha$ are not mutually exclusive. Using different and completely independent measures of the total SFR we show that the H$\alpha$ emission is an excellent tracer of star formation at $z \sim 2$ with deviations typically lower than 0.3 dex for individual galaxies. We find that the slope and zero-point of the HAE main-sequence (MS) at $z \sim 2$ strongly depend on the dust correction method used to recover SFR, although they are consistent with previous works when similar assumptions are made.
AB - We present a detailed multi-wavelength study (from rest-frame UV to far-IR) of narrow-band (NB) selected, star-forming (SF) H$\alpha$ emitters (HAEs) at $z \sim 2.23$ taken from the High Redshift(Z) Emission Line Survey (HiZELS). We find that HAEs have similar SED-derived properties and colors to $sBzK$ galaxies and probe a well-defined portion of the SF population at $z \sim 2$. This is not true for Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs), which are strongly biased towards blue, less massive galaxies (missing a significant percentage of the SF population). Combining our H$\alpha$ observations with matched, existing Ly$\alpha$ data we determine that the Ly$\alpha$ escape fraction ($f_{\rm esc}$) is low (only $\sim$ 4.5\% of HAEs show Ly$\alpha$ emission) and decreases with increasing dust attenuation, UV continuum slope, stellar mass, and star formation rate (SFR). This suggests that Ly$\alpha$ preferentially escapes from blue galaxies with low dust attenuation. However, a small population of red and massive LAEs is also present in agreement with previous works. This indicates that dust and Ly$\alpha$ are not mutually exclusive. Using different and completely independent measures of the total SFR we show that the H$\alpha$ emission is an excellent tracer of star formation at $z \sim 2$ with deviations typically lower than 0.3 dex for individual galaxies. We find that the slope and zero-point of the HAE main-sequence (MS) at $z \sim 2$ strongly depend on the dust correction method used to recover SFR, although they are consistent with previous works when similar assumptions are made.
KW - galaxies: evolution
KW - galaxies: high-redshift
KW - galaxies: star formation
KW - STAR-FORMING GALAXIES
KW - LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES
KW - SPECTRAL ENERGY-DISTRIBUTIONS
KW - GREATER-THAN 2
KW - ULTRAVIOLET-SELECTED GALAXIES
KW - DUST CORRECTION FACTORS
KW - HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES
KW - FORMATION RATE DENSITY
KW - STELLAR MASS DENSITY
KW - SUBARU DEEP FIELD
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stv1284
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stv1284
M3 - Journal article
VL - 452
SP - 2018
EP - 2033
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SN - 0035-8711
IS - 2
ER -