ALMA IMAGING OF GAS AND DUST IN A GALAXY PROTOCLUSTER AT REDSHIFT 5.3: [C II] EMISSION IN %26quot;TYPICAL%26quot; GALAXIES AND DUSTY STARBURSTS approximate to 1 BILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG

作者：Riechers Dominik A^*; Carilli Christopher L; Capak Peter L; Scoville Nicholas Z; Smolcic Vernesa; Schinnerer Eva; Yun Min; Cox Pierre; Bertoldi Frank; Karim Alexander; Yan Lin

来源：Astrophysical Journal, 2014, 796(2): 84.

DOI：10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/84

• cosmology: observations
• galaxies: active
• galaxies: formation
• galaxies: high-redshift
• galaxies: starburst
• radio lines: galaxies

We report interferometric imaging of [C II](P-2(3/2) -%26gt; P-2(1/2)) and OH((2)Pi(1/2) J = 3/2 -%26gt; 1/2) emission toward the center of the galaxy protocluster associated with the z = 5.3 submillimeter galaxy (SMG) AzTEC-3, using the Atacama Large (sub) Millimeter Array (ALMA). We detect strong [C II], OH, and rest-frame 157.7 mu m continuum emission toward the SMG. The [C II](P-2(3/2) -%26gt; P-2(1/2)) emission is distributed over a scale of 3.9 kpc, implying a dynamical mass of 9.7 x 10(10) M-circle dot , and a star formation rate (SFR) surface density of Sigma(SFR) = 530 M-circle dot yr(-1) kpc(-2). This suggests that AzTEC-3 forms stars at Sigma(SFR) approaching the Eddington limit for radiation pressure supported disks. We find that the OH emission is slightly blueshifted relative to the [C II] line, which may indicate a molecular outflow associated with the peak phase of the starburst. We also detect and dynamically resolve [C II](P-2(3/2) -%26gt; P-2(1/2)) emission over a scale of 7.5 kpc toward a triplet of Lyman-break galaxies with moderate UV-based SFRs in the protocluster at similar to 95 kpc projected distance from the SMG. These galaxies are not detected in the continuum, suggesting far-infrared SFRs of %26lt; 18-54 M-circle dot yr(-1), consistent with a UV-based estimate of 22 M-circle dot yr(-1). The spectral energy distribution of these galaxies is inconsistent with nearby spiral and starburst galaxies, but resembles those of dwarf galaxies. This is consistent with expectations for young starbursts without significant older stellar populations. This suggests that these galaxies are significantly metal-enriched, but not heavily dust-obscured, %26quot;normal%26quot; star-forming galaxies at z %26gt; 5, showing that ALMA can detect the interstellar medium in %26quot;typical%26quot; galaxies in the very early universe.

• 出版日期2014-12-1