Intense CIII] 1907,1909 emission from a strong Lyman continuum emitting
  galaxy
  We have obtained the first complete ultraviolet (UV) spectrum of a strong
Lyman continuum(LyC) emitter at low redshift -- the compact, low-metallicity,
star-forming galaxy J1154+2443 -- with a Lyman continuum escape fraction of 46%
discovered recently. The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectrum shows
strong Lya and CIII] 1909 emission, as well as OIII] 1666. Our observations
show that strong LyC emitters can have UV emission lines with a high equivalent
width (e.g. EW(CIII])$=11.7 \pm 2.9 \AA$ rest-frame), although their equivalent
widths should be reduced due to the loss of ionizing photons. The intrinsic
ionizing photon production efficiency of J1154+2443 is high, $\log(\xi_{\rm
ion}^0)=25.56$ erg$^{-1}$ Hz, comparable to that of other recently discovered
$z \sim 0.3-0.4$ LyC emitters. Combining our measurements and earlier
determinations from the literature, we find a trend of increasing $\xi_{\rm
ion}^0$ with increasing CIII] 1909 equivalent width, which can be understood by
a combination of decreasing stellar population age and metallicity. Simple
ionization and density-bounded photoionization models can explain the main
observational features including the UV spectrum of J1154+2443.
