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By stacking publicly available deep Spitzer/MIPS 24 $\mu$m and Herschel/PACS images for 213 $z \simeq 2.18$ Ly$\alpha$ Emitters (LAEs) in GOODS-South, we obtain a strong upper limit to the IR luminosity of typical LAEs and discuss their attenuation curve for the first time. The $3\sigma$ upper limit $L_{\rm TIR}^{3\sigma}= 1.1 \times 10^{10} L_\odot$, determined from the MIPS data providing the lowest limit, gives $IRX \equiv L_{\rm TIR}/L_{\rm UV} \leq 2.2$. Here we assume that the local calibration between the 8 $\mu$m emission and the dust SED shape and metallicity applies at high redshifts and that our LAEs have low metallicities as suggested by previous studies. The inferred escape fractions of Ly$\alpha$, $16$--$37%$, and UV continuum, $\ge 44%$, are higher than the cosmic averages at the same epoch. The SMC attenuation curve is consistent with the IRX and the UV slope $\beta = -1.4^{+0.2}_{-0.2}$ of our stacked LAE, while the Meurer's relation (Calzetti curve) predicts a 3.8 times higher IRX; we also discuss the validity of PACS-based $L_{\rm TIR}^{3\sigma}$ allowing the Meurer's relation. SED fitting using the Calzetti curve also gives a $\sim 10$ times higher SFR than from

Author

Kusakabe, Haruka; Shimasaku, Kazuhiro; Nakajima, Kimihiko; Ouchi, Masami

Published

2014

Language

EN