UV Spectroscopy for Understanding Ionizing Radiation Escape
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Key Takeaways
- •The paper focuses on understanding the escape of ionizing radiation from galaxies.
- •Current instruments lack the resolution to fully study this process.
- •Future UV integral field spectrographs on the HWO are crucial for resolving the multi-scale nature of ionizing radiation escape.
- •Stellar feedback and the circumgalactic medium play key roles in the escape process.
“The core challenge lies in the multiscale nature of LyC escape: ionizing photons are generated on scales of 1--100 pc in super star clusters but must traverse the circumgalactic medium which can extend beyond 100 kpc.”