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High Redshift Lyman Break Galaxies

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Book cover Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Part of the book series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia ((ESO))

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Two of the most outstanding issues in modern astrophysics are what reionized the Universe and how did the first objects form. Observations of galaxies selected through the Lyman-Break technique indicate that UV photon output at the end of reionization was dominated by relatively faint low mass galaxies and not AGN.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany

    M.D. Lehnert

  2. Department of Physics, University of Bristol, UK

    M.N. Bremer

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Alvio Renzini Ralf Bender

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Lehnert, M., Bremer, M. High Redshift Lyman Break Galaxies. In: Renzini, A., Bender, R. (eds) Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10995020_3

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