Rise of the titans: gas excitation and feedback in a binary
hyper-luminous dusty starburst galaxy at z~6
hyper-luminous dusty starburst galaxy at z~6
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We report new observations toward the hyper-luminous dusty starbursting major
merger ADFS-27 (z=5.655), using ATCA and ALMA. We detect CO 2-1, 8-7, 9-8, 10-9
and H2O(321-221) emission, and a P-Cygni-shaped OH+(11-01) absorption/emission
feature. We also tentatively detect H2O(321-312) and OH+(12-01) emission and
CH+(1-0) absorption. We find a total cold molecular mass of M_gas = (2.1+/-0.2)
x 10^11 (alpha_CO/1.0) Msun. We also find that the excitation of the
star-forming gas is overall moderate for a z>5 dusty starburst, which is
consistent with its moderate dust temperature. A high density, high kinetic
temperature gas component embedded in the gas reservoir is required to fully
explain the CO line ladder. This component is likely associated with the
"maximum starburst" nuclei in the two merging galaxies, which are separated by
only (140+/-13) km/s along the line of sight and 9.0 kpc in projection. The
kinematic structure of both components is consistent with galaxy disks, but
this interpretation remains limited by the spatial resolution of the current
data. The OH+ features are only detected towards the northern component, which
is also the one that is more enshrouded in dust and thus remains undetected up
to 1.6 um even in our sensitive new HST/WFC3 imaging. The absorption component
of the OH+ line is blueshifted and peaks near the CO and continuum emission
peak while the emission is redshifted and peaks offset by 1.7 kpc from the CO
and continuum emission peak, suggesting that the gas is associated with a
massive molecular outflow from the intensely star-forming nucleus that supplies
125 Msun/yr of enriched gas to its halo.
merger ADFS-27 (z=5.655), using ATCA and ALMA. We detect CO 2-1, 8-7, 9-8, 10-9
and H2O(321-221) emission, and a P-Cygni-shaped OH+(11-01) absorption/emission
feature. We also tentatively detect H2O(321-312) and OH+(12-01) emission and
CH+(1-0) absorption. We find a total cold molecular mass of M_gas = (2.1+/-0.2)
x 10^11 (alpha_CO/1.0) Msun. We also find that the excitation of the
star-forming gas is overall moderate for a z>5 dusty starburst, which is
consistent with its moderate dust temperature. A high density, high kinetic
temperature gas component embedded in the gas reservoir is required to fully
explain the CO line ladder. This component is likely associated with the
"maximum starburst" nuclei in the two merging galaxies, which are separated by
only (140+/-13) km/s along the line of sight and 9.0 kpc in projection. The
kinematic structure of both components is consistent with galaxy disks, but
this interpretation remains limited by the spatial resolution of the current
data. The OH+ features are only detected towards the northern component, which
is also the one that is more enshrouded in dust and thus remains undetected up
to 1.6 um even in our sensitive new HST/WFC3 imaging. The absorption component
of the OH+ line is blueshifted and peaks near the CO and continuum emission
peak while the emission is redshifted and peaks offset by 1.7 kpc from the CO
and continuum emission peak, suggesting that the gas is associated with a
massive molecular outflow from the intensely star-forming nucleus that supplies
125 Msun/yr of enriched gas to its halo.
Date Issued
2021-01-29
Date Acceptance
2020-11-29
Citation
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2021, 907 (2), pp.1-18
ISSN
0067-0049
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Start Page
1
End Page
18
Journal / Book Title
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Volume
907
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Identifier
http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.15183v1
Grant Number
ST/F012373/1
ST/G003874/1
ST/J004812/1
ST/J001368/1
ST/K006401/1
ST/M003558/1
ST/P000568/1
ST-N000838
ST/N000838/1
ST/S001468/1
ST/S000372/1
Subjects
astro-ph.GA
astro-ph.GA
Notes
19 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables; submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-01-09