Program: GS-2018A-FT-104

Title:Pox 186: An Extreme Lyman Continuum Leaker?
PI:Evan Skillman
Co-I(s): Anne Jaskot, Claudia Scarlata

Abstract

Energetically, it is possible for a starburst in a dwarf galaxy to blow away and completely ionize its ISM. This would result in a very high escape fraction for its ionizing radiation. Finding examples of such galaxies would ease the tension in supplying the ionizing radiation for the epoch of re-ionization. Pox 186 is a dwarf starburst galaxy which is undetected in HI and very highly ionized. Gemini IFU observations will allow us to map the ionization structure of Pox 186 to determine if it is an extreme Lyman Continuum "leaker."

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