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z = 4.05亚毫米星系中分子气体的成像:冷模吸积还是大合并?

Imaging the molecular gas in a submm galaxy at z = 4.05: cold mode accretion or a major merger?

C. L. Carilli, E. Daddi, D. Riechers, F. Walter, A. Weiss, H. Dannerbauer, G. E. Morrison, J. Wagg, Romeel Dave, D. Elbaz, D. Stern, M. Dickinson, M. Krips, M. Aravena

摘要:

我们提出了一个高分辨率(低至0.18”),在z = 4.05亚毫米星系GN 20的分子气体的多跃迁成像研究。GN 20是已知z > 4的最明亮的星暴星系之一,也是GOODS-North中z = 4.05的丰富原星系团的成员。我们用VLA观测到了CO 1-0和2-1发射,用PdBI干涉仪观测到了CO 6-5发射,用CARMA观测到了5-4发射。由CO 1-0发射得到的H2质量为1.3 \times 10^{11}(α/0.8)Mo。高分辨率成像显示,CO2 -1的发射分布在一个大的区域,表现为部分环,或盘,直径约10 kpc。积分CO激发高于发现在银河系的内盘,但低于在高红移类星体宿主星系和低红移星暴核。0.2”分辨率的VLA CO 2-1图像显示了分辨的团块状结构,有一些内部尺寸约为2 kpc的较亮团块。由CO 6-5发射确定的速度场与旋转速度约为570 km s^{-1}(倾角为45 °)的旋转盘一致,由此我们推导出半径约为4 kpc的动力学质量为3 \times 10^{11} \msun。从射电同步加速器和尘埃连续体的成像中得出的恒星形成分布与分子气体分布的尺度相似。分子气体和恒星形成与HST I波段辐射的偏移量约为1”,这意味着最强烈的恒星形成区域在约10 kpc的尺度上被尘埃高度遮蔽。这个天体巨大的空间范围和有序的旋转表明,这不是一次大的合并,而是一个星团盘在小的合并中迅速吸积气体,或者从原星团内介质中平稳地吸积气体。摘要截断

英文摘要:

We present a high resolution (down to 0.18"), multi-transition imaging study of the molecular gas in the z = 4.05 submillimeter galaxy GN20. GN20 is one of the most luminous starburst galaxy known at z > 4, and is a member of a rich proto-cluster of galaxies at z = 4.05 in GOODS-North. We have observed the CO 1-0 and 2-1 emission with the VLA, the CO 6-5 emission with the PdBI Interferometer, and the 5-4 emission with CARMA. The H_2 mass derived from the CO 1-0 emission is 1.3 \times 10^{11} (α/0.8) Mo. High resolution imaging of CO 2-1 shows emission distributed over a large area, appearing as partial ring, or disk, of ~ 10kpc diameter. The integrated CO excitation is higher than found in the inner disk of the Milky Way, but lower than that seen in high redshift quasar host galaxies and low redshift starburst nuclei. The VLA CO 2-1 image at 0.2" resolution shows resolved, clumpy structure, with a few brighter clumps with intrinsic sizes ~ 2 kpc. The velocity field determined from the CO 6-5 emission is consistent with a rotating disk with a rotation velocity of ~ 570 km s^{-1} (using an inclination angle of 45^o), from which we derive a dynamical mass of 3 \times 10^{11} \msun within about 4 kpc radius. The star formation distribution, as derived from imaging of the radio synchrotron and dust continuum, is on a similar scale as the molecular gas distribution. The molecular gas and star formation are offset by ~ 1" from the HST I-band emission, implying that the regions of most intense star formation are highly dust-obscured on a scale of ~ 10 kpc. The large spatial extent and ordered rotation of this object suggests that this is not a major merger, but rather a clumpy disk accreting gas rapidly in minor mergers or smoothly from the proto-intracluster medium. ABSTRACT TRUNCATED

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