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Effects of Lyman alpha scattering in the IGM on clustering statistics of Lyman alpha emitters

We investigate the correlations between the observed fraction of Lyman alpha emission from star-forming galaxies and the large scale structure by post-processing snapshots of a large, high resolution hydrodynamical simulation with a Lyman alpha radiative transfer code at redshifts z=4, 3, 2. We find correlations of the observed fraction with density, density gradient along the line of sight, velocity and velocity gradient along the line of sight, all within the same order of magnitude (tens of percent). Additionally, a correlation with the angular momentum of the dark matter halo is detected. In contrast to a previous study, we find no significant deformation of the 2-point correlation function due to selection effects from radiative transfer in the IGM within the limited statistics of the simulation volume.