20.500.12556/RUL-181941 Resolving dust and Lyman $\alpha$ emission in a lensed galaxy at the epoch of reionization with JWST/CANUCS Context. Lyman ▫$\alpha$▫ (Ly▫$\alpha$▫) emission is highly sensitive to dust and neutral hydrogen and is believed to be suppressed in dusty or hydrogen-rich galaxies – especially during the epoch of reionization (EoR). Yet, moderately dusty Ly▫$\alpha$▫ emitters (LAEs) are observed at this epoch, suggesting that complex interstellar medium (ISM) geometries and feedback-driven outflows facilitate Ly▫$\alpha$▫ escape. Aims. We investigated the dust, gas, and stellar properties of the gravitationally lensed LAE HCM 6A at ▫$z = 6.5676$▫ to characterize its multiphase ISM structure and the physical conditions that regulate Ly▫$\alpha$▫ escape. Methods. We combined JWST/NIRISS slitless spectroscopy, HST+JWST/NIRCam imaging, and JWST/NIRSpec slit spectra from the CANUCS program. Using a customized BAGPIPES spectral-energy-distribution-fitting framework with a flexible attenuation law, we derived spatially resolved stellar, nebular, and dust properties on integrated (▫$\approx$▫1 kpc), slit-level (▫$\approx$▫0.1 kpc), and pixel-level (▫$\approx$▫25 pc) measurements, thanks to strong lensing with a magnification of ▫$\mu \approx 8.3 - 9.1$▫. A high-quality Ly▫$\alpha$▫ map from SLEUTH, a tool for extracting spatially resolved emission-line maps from slitless spectroscopy, traces the spatial distribution of Ly▫$\alpha$▫ emission. Results. We measure an unlensed stellar mass of log ▫$M\ast = 8.3 - 8.4$▫ and an intrinsic UV magnitude of ▫$M_{\text{UV}} = -19.8 \pm 0.1$▫. Slit-level measurements show that the oldest, most massive region (S1) is moderately dusty with consistent stellar (▫$A_V, \beta$▫) and nebular (▫$A_V ^{\text{B}}$▫, line-emission) indicators, implying a uniform ISM geometry, while the dust tracers of the youngest region (S3) are highly mismatched, revealing a complex, feedback-shaped multiphase ISM. Ly▫$\alpha$▫ emission arises primarily from S3. Pixel-level maps reveal a dust-cleared central clump (C3) where Ly▫$\alpha$▫ emerges, encircled by dustier outskirts, consistent with a very recent (▫$\lesssim$▫10 Myr) starburst that created Ly▫$\alpha$▫ escape channels. Next, slit-level maps show Calzetti-like attenuation curves with a UV bump that increases with stellar age and decreases with ▫$V$▫-band ettenuation (▫$A_V$▫), with a tentative detection of a UV bump in S1 at ▫$\sim$▫25% of the Milky Way amplitude. Pixel-level maps reveal that both the curve slope (▫$S$▫) and the UV bump (▫$B$▫) peak in the region between two clumps (C1 and C2), indicating dust-grain processing in a merger-driven starburst. Conclusions. Our observations provide a uniquely detailed, spatially resolved view of a moderately dusty LAE at the EoR, demonstrating how the interplay between multiphase ISM geometry and feedback governs Ly▫$\alpha$▫ escape. Constraining some key quantities requires fully resolved spectroscopy, which future JWST/NIRSpec integral field unit observations will provide. galaxies galaxy evolution redshift dust extinction galaksije razvoj galaksij rdeči premik medzvezdni prah ekstinkcija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-04-20 13:02:07 2026-04-20 13:02:08 2026-04-22 14:53:23 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 13 str. art. no. A236 Vol. 708 Apr. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 524.8 1432-0746 10.1051/0004-6361/202558580 275637507 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58580-25/aa58580-25.html 1 258f84e7-3ca8-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=232751 aa58580-25.pdf aa58580-25.pdf 1 79ACCA751CD70C19A4C87464155FC0F7 9817604cac1cd7980df136c7629d4e3232db9c73b6f46b08e1f6976dbee7f4e4 5e11c4c0-3ca8-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=232752 Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko 0 0 0