Imaging the molecular interstellar medium in a gravitationally lensed star-forming galaxy at z = 5.7
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Imaging the molecular interstellar medium in a gravitationally lensed star-forming galaxy at z = 5.7. / Apostolovski, Yordanka; Aravena, Manuel; Anguita, Timo; Spilker, Justin; Weiß, Axel; Béthermin, Matthieu; Chapman, Scott C.; Chen, Chian Chou; Cunningham, Daniel; De Breuck, Carlos; Dong, Chenxing; Hayward, Christopher C.; Hezaveh, Yashar; Jarugula, Sreevani; Litke, Katrina; Ma, Jingzhe; Marrone, Daniel P.; Narayanan, Desika; Reuter, Cassie A.; Rotermund, Kaja; Vieira, Joaquin.
In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 628, A23, 2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Imaging the molecular interstellar medium in a gravitationally lensed star-forming galaxy at z = 5.7
AU - Apostolovski, Yordanka
AU - Aravena, Manuel
AU - Anguita, Timo
AU - Spilker, Justin
AU - Weiß, Axel
AU - Béthermin, Matthieu
AU - Chapman, Scott C.
AU - Chen, Chian Chou
AU - Cunningham, Daniel
AU - De Breuck, Carlos
AU - Dong, Chenxing
AU - Hayward, Christopher C.
AU - Hezaveh, Yashar
AU - Jarugula, Sreevani
AU - Litke, Katrina
AU - Ma, Jingzhe
AU - Marrone, Daniel P.
AU - Narayanan, Desika
AU - Reuter, Cassie A.
AU - Rotermund, Kaja
AU - Vieira, Joaquin
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Aims. We present and study spatially resolved imaging obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of multiple 12CO(J =6-5, 8-7, and 9-8) and two H2O(202-111 and 211-202) emission lines and cold dust continuum toward the gravitationally lensed dusty star-forming galaxy SPT 0346-52 at z = 5.656. Methods. Using a visibility-domain source-plane reconstruction we probe the structure and dynamics of the different components of the interstellar medium (ISM) in this galaxy down to scales of 1 kpc in the source plane. Results. Measurements of the intrinsic sizes of the different CO emission lines indicate that the higher J transitions trace more compact regions in the galaxy. Similarly, we find smaller dust continuum intrinsic sizes with decreasing wavelength, based on observations at rest frame 130, 300, and 450 μm. The source shows significant velocity structure, and clear asymmetry where an elongated structure is observed in the source plane with significant variations in their reconstructed sizes. This could be attributed to a compact merger or turbulent disk rotation. The differences in velocity structure through the different line tracers, however, hint at the former scenario in agreement with previous [CII] line imaging results. Measurements of the CO line ratios and magnifications yield significant variations as a function of velocity, suggesting that modeling of the ISM using integrated values could be misinterpreted. Modeling of the ISM in SPT 0346-52 based on delensed fluxes indicates a highly dense and warm medium, qualitatively similar to that observed in high-redshift quasar hosts.
AB - Aims. We present and study spatially resolved imaging obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of multiple 12CO(J =6-5, 8-7, and 9-8) and two H2O(202-111 and 211-202) emission lines and cold dust continuum toward the gravitationally lensed dusty star-forming galaxy SPT 0346-52 at z = 5.656. Methods. Using a visibility-domain source-plane reconstruction we probe the structure and dynamics of the different components of the interstellar medium (ISM) in this galaxy down to scales of 1 kpc in the source plane. Results. Measurements of the intrinsic sizes of the different CO emission lines indicate that the higher J transitions trace more compact regions in the galaxy. Similarly, we find smaller dust continuum intrinsic sizes with decreasing wavelength, based on observations at rest frame 130, 300, and 450 μm. The source shows significant velocity structure, and clear asymmetry where an elongated structure is observed in the source plane with significant variations in their reconstructed sizes. This could be attributed to a compact merger or turbulent disk rotation. The differences in velocity structure through the different line tracers, however, hint at the former scenario in agreement with previous [CII] line imaging results. Measurements of the CO line ratios and magnifications yield significant variations as a function of velocity, suggesting that modeling of the ISM using integrated values could be misinterpreted. Modeling of the ISM in SPT 0346-52 based on delensed fluxes indicates a highly dense and warm medium, qualitatively similar to that observed in high-redshift quasar hosts.
KW - Galaxies: High-redshift
KW - Galaxies: ISM
KW - Galaxies: Star formation
KW - ISM: Molecules
U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361/201935308
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361/201935308
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85070213450
VL - 628
JO - Astronomy & Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy & Astrophysics
SN - 0004-6361
M1 - A23
ER -
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