Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XII. Extended [C ii] Structure (Merger or Outflow) in a z=6.72 Red Quasar

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  • Takuma Izumi
  • Masafusa Onoue
  • Yoshiki Matsuoka
  • Michael A. Strauss
  • Seiji Fujimoto
  • Hideki Umehata
  • Masatoshi Imanishi
  • Taiki Kawamuro
  • Tohru Nagao
  • Yoshiki Toba
  • Kotaro Kohno
  • Nobunari Kashikawa
  • Kohei Inayoshi
  • Toshihiro Kawaguchi
  • Kazushi Iwasawa
  • Akio K. Inoue
  • Tomotsugu Goto
  • Shunsuke Baba
  • Malte Schramm
  • Hyewon Suh
  • Og 14 flere
  • Yuichi Harikane
  • Yoshihiro Ueda
  • John D. Silverman
  • Takuya Hashimoto
  • Yasuhiro Hashimoto
  • Soh Ikarashi
  • Daisuke Iono
  • Chien-Hsiu Lee
  • Kianhong Lee
  • Takeo Minezaki
  • Kouichiro Nakanishi
  • Suzuka Nakano
  • Yoichi Tamura
  • Ji-Jia Tang

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array [C ii] 158 mu m line and far-infrared (FIR) continuum emission observations toward HSC J120505.09-000027.9 (J1205-0000) at z = 6.72 with a beam size of similar to 08 x 05 (or 4.1 kpc x 2.6 kpc), the most distant red quasar known to date. Red quasars are modestly reddened by dust and are thought to be in rapid transition from an obscured starburst to an unobscured normal quasar, driven by powerful active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback that blows out a cocoon of interstellar medium. The FIR continuum of J1205-0000 is bright, with an estimated luminosity of L-FIR similar to 3 x 10(12) L. The [C ii] line emission is extended on scales of r similar to 5 kpc, greater than that of the FIR continuum. The line profiles at the extended regions are complex and broad (FWHM similar to 630-780 km s(-1)). Although it is not practical to identify the nature of this extended structure, possible explanations include (i) companion/merging galaxies and (ii) massive AGN-driven outflows. For the case of (i), the companions are modestly star-forming (similar to 10 M yr(-1)) but are not detected by our Subaru optical observations (y(AB,5 sigma) = 24.4 mag). For the case of (ii), our lower limit to the cold neutral outflow rate is similar to 100 M yr(-1). The outflow kinetic energy and momentum are both much lower than predicted in energy-conserving wind models, suggesting that the AGN feedback in this quasar is not capable of completely suppressing its star formation.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer235
TidsskriftAstrophysical Journal
Vol/bind908
Udgave nummer2
Antal sider10
ISSN0004-637X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 feb. 2021

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