Abstract
We present the results from the search for Lyman Alpha emitters (LAEs) in the proximity of 11 C iv absorption systems at z > 4.7 in the spectrum of the QSO J1030+0524, using data from MUSE. We have found multiple LAE candidates close to four C iv systems at $z_{\rm {{C\,{\small IV}}}}=4.94$–5.74 with $\log _{10}(N_{\rm{{C\,{\small IV}}}}[$cm−2]) > 13.5. At z = 5–6, C iv systems with W$_0(\rm {{C\,{\small IV}}})> 0.2$ Å seem more likely to have galaxies with Lyα emission within ρ < 200 proper kpc (4/5 cases), than the C iv systems with W$_0(\rm {{C\,{\small IV}}})<0.2$ Å (0/6 cases). The impact parameter of LAE-C iv systems with equivalent widths W0(C iv) > 0.5 Å is in the range $11\, {\lesssim}\, \rho \, {\lesssim}\, 200$ proper kpc (pkpc). Furthermore, all candidates are in the luminosity range 0.18–1.15 L$^{\star }_{\rm{{Ly\alpha}}}(z=5.7)$, indicating that the environment of C iv systems within 200 pkpc is populated by the faint end of the Lyα luminosity function. We report a 0.28 L$^{\star }_{\rm {{Ly\alpha}}}$ galaxy at a separation of ρ = 11 pkpc from a strong C iv absorption ($\log _{10}(N_{\rm {{C\,{\small IV}}}}[$cm−2]) = 14.52) at $z_{\rm {{C\,{\small IV}}}}=5.72419$. The prevalence of sub-L$^{\star }_{\rm {{Ly\alpha}}}$ galaxies in the proximity of z > 4.9 C iv systems suggest that the absorbing material is rather young, likely ejected in the recent past of the identified galaxies. The connection between faint LAEs and high-ionization absorption systems reported in this work, is potentially a consequence of the role of low mass galaxies in the early evolution of the circum-galactic and intergalactic media.