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Lyman-break galaxy

(LBG)
(a galaxy emitting very little shorter than 912 angstroms)

A Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) is a galaxy identified as star forming by a Lyman break, a lack of radiation emitted with wavelength shorter than 912 angstroms, the Lyman limit, i.e., the lower limit on wavelengths in the Lyman series. Neutral hydrogen around star-forming regions absorbs the radiation.

This method of identifying star-forming galaxies is largely used at redshifts of z in the 3-to-4 range, using filters on the redshifted spectrum. The method has the advantage that the "break" causes dropouts, i.e., images through some filters don't show the galaxy, providing a relatively easy way to identify them by comparing the filtered images, that the break is visible through the Earth's atmosphere within the 3-4 redshift range, and that the redshift can be determined with some precision using subsequent spectrography to identify the wavelength of the observed break.


(galaxy type)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman-break_galaxy
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/Academics/Astr328/Notes/GalForm/LyBreakTech.html
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100120968
http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Giavalisco/Giav_contents.html
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept14/Dunlop/Dunlop3.html
PrefixExample  
LBGLBG J213512.73-010143general prefix for LBGs

Referenced by pages:
Balmer-break galaxy (BBG)
brightest cluster galaxy (BCG)
HD1
Lyman break (LB)
Lyman continuum (LyC)

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