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Double-Peaked Lyα Emission during Reionization Requires Nearby Voids and a Favorable Local Ionizing Background

Hyunbae Park , Aaron Smith , Intae Jung , Hidenobu Yajima , Pierre Ocvirk , Joseph S. W. Lewis , Luke Conaboy , Paul R. Shapiro

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Ilian T. Iliev Kyungjin Ahn Joohyun Lee Jenny G. Sorce Yohan Dubois

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keywords Lyman-alpha emitterscosmic reionizationintergalactic mediumunderdense voidsionizing backgrounddouble-peaked profilesLyα transmission

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Double-peaked Lyα emission during reionization occurs only when sightlines pass through nearby underdense voids under a strong local ionizing background.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper examines how galaxies can produce double-peaked Lyα emission profiles at high redshifts when the intergalactic medium is still mostly neutral and should absorb photons blueward of the resonance. Tracing photons along sightlines from galaxies in a cosmological simulation shows that transmission requires the line of sight to cross a highly underdense void within a few comoving megaparsecs. In these voids the neutral hydrogen density falls low enough for photons to redshift through resonance without scattering, because opacity scales with the square of the gas density under ionization equilibrium. Such alignments are rare, with a global probability of roughly 0.003 at 80 percent ionization fraction and none at 60 percent, but the probability rises by four orders of magnitude when the local ionizing background is ten times stronger.

Core claim

Double-peaked Lyα profiles are reproduced when sightlines from galaxies intersect underdense voids located a few comoving megaparsecs away. These voids become highly transmissive because neutral hydrogen density scales with the square of gas density in ionization equilibrium, dropping opacity sharply below 30 percent of mean density and allowing blueward photons to redshift out of resonance. No such cases appear at 60 percent global ionization fraction; at 80 percent the probability is approximately 3×10^{-3} and increases by a factor of about 10^4 for a tenfold rise in local ionizing background intensity.

What carries the argument

Lyα transmission calculation along sightlines from galaxies in the Cosmic Dawn III simulation, where voids with gas density ≲30 percent of cosmic mean permit resonant photons to pass due to quadratic suppression of neutral hydrogen.

If this is right

The fraction of double-peaked Lyα emitters serves as a sensitive probe of the local ionizing background intensity in the late stages of reionization.
Double-peaked profiles should be absent or extremely rare when the universe is only 60 percent ionized.
The same underdense voids that enable double-peaked emission can also produce transmissive spikes in the Lyα forest.
These configurations arise naturally from cosmic density fluctuations even in the vicinity of galaxies.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

Surveys measuring the abundance of double-peaked emitters at different redshifts could map spatial variations in the ionizing background.
If double-peaked emission proves more common than the simulated rate, it may indicate that current simulations underestimate the abundance or transmissivity of small-scale voids.
Targeted observations around known double-peaked galaxies could directly search for the predicted nearby voids using other tracers such as the Lyα forest or 21 cm emission.

Load-bearing premise

The simulation accurately captures small-scale gas density fluctuations and ionization equilibrium around galaxies at redshifts above six, and the sightline transmission calculation identifies void effects without major numerical artifacts.

What would settle it

Finding double-peaked Lyα emission in a substantial fraction of galaxies at only 60 percent global ionization fraction, or observing no strong increase in occurrence with higher local ionizing background intensity, would contradict the mechanism.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.26331 by Aaron Smith, Hidenobu Yajima, Hyunbae Park, Ilian T. Iliev, Intae Jung, Jenny G. Sorce, Joohyun Lee, Joseph S. W. Lewis, Kyungjin Ahn, Luke Conaboy, Paul R. Shapiro, Pierre Ocvirk, Yohan Dubois.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Maps of neutral hydrogen density (left) and photoionization rate due to ionizing background radiation (right) on a square slice across the entire simulation box (64 h −1 cMpc) at z = 6. The global volume-averaged ionization fraction is 80% in the snapshot, resulting in significant percolation of ionized bubbles into a single continuous structure. The intensity in the right panel declines abruptly on ∼ cMpc… view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Left: Intrinsic (Fin; dashed line) and observed Lyα emission profiles (Fobs; solid line) as functions of vα for one of the sightlines from galaxy #4, with MUV = −22.1. The four vertical lines correspond to the line contours in the right panel (see below for more detail). Right: HI density map of a 6 h −1 cMpc square slice centred on the source (larger star symbol), illustrating a COLA1-like double-peaked L… view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Same as view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Physical quantities of the IGM along the sightline exhibiting double-peaked emission in view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: Cumulative probability distribution function of the normalized density, Gaussian-smoothed over the Sobolev length ls = 0.13 h −1 cMpc, denoted as ∆sm. Thus, the ionized IGM at the cosmic mean density (∆ = 1) remains highly opaque at the Lyα resonance (τ∗ ≈ 30) for a typical gas temperature of T = 104 K and a moderately strong ionizing background with Γ = 2×10−13 s −1 . However, in sufficiently underdense … view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: Left panels: two-dimensional Lyα transmission maps for vertical (upper panel) and horizontal (lower panel) sightlines through a 4 h −1 cMpc square slice centred on the source shown in view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: Probability of exhibiting double-peaked Lyα emission, PDP, as a function of Γloc. Each data point represents a binned average of ≈ 43,000 sightlines from ≈ 120 galaxies, sorted according to Γloc. The error bars indicate the 1σ uncertainty. The solid black line shows the fiducial case, while the red dotted line corresponds to the case in which the optical depth, τα, is artificially reduced by a factor of … view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: Probability of exhibiting double-peaked Lyα emission PDP for different MUV’s (left) and local density ∆loc (right) of source galaxies. ∆loc is obtained by averaging the gas density within 0.5 and 3 h −1 cMpc from the source galaxy. Other details are same as in view at source ↗

read the original abstract

Several Lyman-alpha (Ly$\alpha$) emitters deep into the reionization era exhibit double-peaked Ly$\alpha$ emission profiles, raising the question of how the intergalactic medium can transmit photons blueward of the Ly$\alpha$ resonance at such high redshifts. To investigate this, we compute Ly$\alpha$ transmission along sightlines originating from galaxies in the Cosmic Dawn III simulation and identify cases that closely reproduce the observed double-peaked emission. In these cases, the sightlines intersect highly underdense voids located a few comoving megaparsecs from the source galaxy. These voids allow photons emitted blueward of Ly$\alpha$ to redshift through resonance without scattering while traversing them. The low opacity arises because the neutral hydrogen density scales with the square of the underlying gas density under ionization equilibrium, making sufficiently underdense regions with $\lesssim30~\%$ of cosmic mean density highly transmissive. Such voids naturally occur in the fluctuating cosmic density field, even in the vicinity of galaxies, and can also be associated with transmissive spikes in the Ly$\alpha$ forest. We find that the global probability of observing double-peaked emission is $\sim3\times10^{-3}$ during reionization at an 80\% global ionization fraction, while no cases are found at 60\% ionization. We also find that this probability depends sensitively on the local ionizing background intensity, increasing by $\sim10^{4}$ for a tenfold increase in intensity. These results suggest that the fraction of double-peaked Ly$\alpha$ emission in high-$z$ galaxies can serve as a sensitive probe of the ionizing background during the late stages of cosmic reionization.

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Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

Double-peaked Lyα during reionization traces nearby voids and local background strength, but the quoted probabilities rest on untested simulation resolution for the low-density tail.

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The main takeaway is that double-peaked Lyα profiles at high redshift only appear along sightlines that cross underdense voids a few cMpc from the galaxy, and the odds of seeing them rise by four orders of magnitude with a tenfold increase in local ionizing background intensity. The paper reports a global probability of roughly 3e-3 at 80 percent ionization and zero at 60 percent, obtained by forward ray-tracing through the Cosmic Dawn III simulation. This supplies a concrete physical picture: neutral hydrogen density scales with the square of gas density under equilibrium, so voids below 30 percent mean density become highly transmissive and let blue-side photons redshift out of resonance. The mechanism is laid out clearly and ties the observed fraction of double-peaked emitters to a measurable property of the ionizing background. That link is the genuinely new element here and gives observers a potential diagnostic they did not have before. The soft spot is the simulation's ability to produce the right number of those rare voids. The result depends on accurately sampling the extreme low-density tail of the gas distribution at z greater than 6. Without reported convergence tests on grid scale, sub-grid physics, or the specific statistic of double-peaked transmission, the probabilities could shift by large factors if the voids are under-resolved or artificially created. The stress-test note correctly flags this gap, and the abstract gives no indication that it was addressed. This paper is aimed at researchers who model or observe Lyα at the tail end of reionization. Anyone running reionization simulations or interpreting high-z spectra would find the sensitivity result worth knowing. It shows clear engagement with the physics and the literature, so it deserves a serious referee to examine the methods section and request the missing resolution checks. I would send it to peer review.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript uses the Cosmic Dawn III simulation to compute Lyα transmission along sightlines from galaxies and identifies that double-peaked emission profiles during reionization arise when sightlines intersect nearby underdense voids (≲30% mean density a few cMpc away). These voids permit blueward photons to redshift through resonance with low opacity because n_HI scales as n_gas² under ionization equilibrium. The paper reports a global probability of ∼3×10^{-3} for observing such profiles at 80% global ionization fraction (none at 60%), with the probability increasing by ∼10^4 for a tenfold rise in local ionizing background intensity. It concludes that the fraction of double-peaked Lyα can probe the ionizing background in late reionization.

Significance. If the central results are robust, the work supplies a concrete physical mechanism linking observed double-peaked Lyα lines to the fluctuating density field and positions the incidence of such profiles as a sensitive diagnostic of local ionizing background intensity. The forward ray-tracing through an independent simulation (no fitted parameters) and the explicit link to transmissive Lyα-forest spikes are strengths that could be leveraged for future observational tests.

major comments (2)

[Abstract / simulation and sightline selection] Abstract and simulation description: The headline probabilities (∼3×10^{-3} at 80% ionization, zero at 60%) and the 10^4 sensitivity to local background both rest on correctly counting sightlines that intersect voids with ≲30% mean density. No resolution or convergence study is presented for the tail of the gas density PDF at z>6 in Cosmic Dawn III, yet n_HI ∝ n_gas² makes transmission exponentially sensitive to these rare underdensities; shifts in the counted fraction by orders of magnitude are possible if the grid scale or sub-grid physics does not converge on this statistic.
[Lyα transmission calculation] Ionization and transmission modeling: The assumption of ionization equilibrium with a uniform background plus a locally scaled intensity may break down near patchy ionization fronts; this directly affects whether the identified voids remain transmissive and therefore underpins both the reported probabilities and the claimed sensitivity to background intensity.

minor comments (2)

[Abstract] Notation for the density threshold (≲30% of cosmic mean) should be tied explicitly to a figure or equation showing the transmission curve versus overdensity.
[Results] Clarify the exact criteria used to classify a profile as 'double-peaked' (e.g., peak separation, flux ratio) and whether these match the observational samples cited.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive report and for highlighting the potential of double-peaked Lyα profiles as a probe of the ionizing background. We address each major comment below, clarifying the physical robustness of our results while acknowledging where additional discussion will strengthen the manuscript.

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Referee: [Abstract / simulation and sightline selection] Abstract and simulation description: The headline probabilities (∼3×10^{-3} at 80% ionization, zero at 60%) and the 10^4 sensitivity to local background both rest on correctly counting sightlines that intersect voids with ≲30% mean density. No resolution or convergence study is presented for the tail of the gas density PDF at z>6 in Cosmic Dawn III, yet n_HI ∝ n_gas² makes transmission exponentially sensitive to these rare underdensities; shifts in the counted fraction by orders of magnitude are possible if the grid scale or sub-grid physics does not converge on this statistic.

Authors: We agree that the absolute probabilities are sensitive to the accurate sampling of rare underdensities because of the n_HI ∝ n_gas² scaling. Cosmic Dawn III was run at high spatial resolution specifically to capture reionization-era structure, and the voids we identify are several cMpc in extent—well above the grid scale. The central physical result, however, is the existence of such voids in the fluctuating density field and the consequent sharp dependence of transmission on local background intensity; this scaling holds regardless of the precise normalization of the probability. We will revise the methods section to include a brief discussion of resolution, referencing convergence tests already published for Cosmic Dawn III, and to note the associated uncertainty in the absolute fraction while emphasizing that the relative sensitivity to background intensity is robust. revision: yes
Referee: [Lyα transmission calculation] Ionization and transmission modeling: The assumption of ionization equilibrium with a uniform background plus a locally scaled intensity may break down near patchy ionization fronts; this directly affects whether the identified voids remain transmissive and therefore underpins both the reported probabilities and the claimed sensitivity to background intensity.

Authors: The concern is well taken for sightlines that pass close to ionization fronts. In the cases that produce double-peaked profiles, however, the transmissive voids lie several comoving megaparsecs from the source galaxy, where the ionization field is smoother and the equilibrium assumption is more secure at the 60–80 % global ionization fractions we examine. The local background scaling is applied only to capture the enhanced ionization near the galaxy itself. We will expand the methods section to state the domain of validity of the equilibrium approximation explicitly, to discuss possible non-equilibrium effects near fronts, and to confirm that our selected sightlines avoid those immediate regions. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; results are direct simulation counts

full rationale

The paper computes Lyα transmission by ray-tracing through the independent Cosmic Dawn III simulation, identifies sightlines intersecting underdense voids, and reports the fraction of double-peaked profiles as a direct count (~3e-3 at 80% ionization). This is forward modeling with no fitted parameters renamed as predictions, no self-definitional loops, and no load-bearing self-citations or imported uniqueness theorems. The sensitivity to local ionizing background is likewise measured by varying the background in the same simulation setup. The derivation chain is self-contained against external simulation data.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on the validity of the Cosmic Dawn III density and ionization fields plus the assumption that neutral hydrogen density scales quadratically with total gas density under ionization equilibrium; no free parameters are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)

domain assumption Neutral hydrogen density scales with the square of the underlying gas density under ionization equilibrium
Invoked to explain why voids with ≲30% mean density become highly transmissive.

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