The UV-brightest Lyman continuum emitting star-forming galaxy
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We report the discovery of J0121+0025, an extremely luminous and young star-forming galaxy (M-UV = -24.11, log[L-Ly alpha/erg s(-1)] = 43.8) at z = 3.244 showing copious Lyman continuum (LyC) leakage (f(esc, abs) approximate to 40 per cent). High signalto-noise ratio rest-frame UV spectroscopy with the Gran Telescopio Canarias reveals a high significance (7.9 sigma) emission below the Lyman limit (
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Volume | 507 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 524-538 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISSN | 0035-8711 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2021 |
- galaxies: evolution, galaxies: formation, galaxies: high-redshift, LY-ALPHA-EMITTERS, HIGH-Z EXPLORATION, LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, IONIZING-RADIATION, ESCAPE FRACTION, LINE SPECTRA, SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES, ULTRAVIOLET-SPECTRA, STELLAR POPULATIONS, BREAK GALAXIES
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