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Spitzer首视巡天中24 μ m亮ULIRG中z~2处CO分子气体的探测

Detections of CO Molecular Gas in 24um-Bright ULIRGs at z~2 in the Spitzer First Look Survey

Lin Yan, L. ~J. Tacconi, N. Fiolet, A. Sajina, A. Omont, D. Lutz, M. Zamojski, R. Neri, P. Cox, K. ~M. Dasyra

摘要:

本文报道了9个S(24μm)> 1 mJy的ULIRG在z~2处的CO观测结果,这些观测结果已在Spitzer首视巡天的中红外光谱中得到证实。所有的目标都需要有准确的Keck/GEMINI近红外光谱的红移。利用IRAM的Plateau de Bure毫米波干涉仪(PdBI),我们探测到了8个源的CO J(3-2)[7个天体]或J(2-1)[1个天体]谱线发射,其积分强度为Ic ~(5-9)σ。检测到的CO源具有多种中红外光谱,包括强多环芳烃、深硅酸盐吸收和幂律连续谱,这意味着这些z~2处富含分子气体的物体可能是星爆或尘埃遮蔽的活动星系核。测得的谱线光度L '[CO]为(1.28-3.77)e+10[K km/s pc^2]。平均分子气体质量M(H2)为1.7 e +10 Msun,假设CO到H2的转换因子为0.8 Msun/[K km/s pc^2]。三个源(33%)-MIPS 506,MIPS 16144和MIPS 8342-具有双峰速度轮廓。MIPS 506和MIPS 16144的CO双峰的空间间距分别为45 kpc和10.9kpc,因此可以分别估算出分子的动力学质量为3.2e+11*sin^{-2}(i)Msun和5.4e+11*sin^{-2}(i)Msun。假设平均倾角,隐含的气体分数M(气体)/M(dyn)为3%和4%。最后,对HST/NIC 2图像、中红外光谱和红外SED的分析表明,我们的大部分源都是合并源,其中尘埃遮蔽的活动星系核在(3-6)μ m处占主导地位。这些结果表明,SMG、明亮的24 μ m z~2超红外类星体和类星体可以代表同一演化序列的三个不同阶段,但要建立一个完整的物理模型需要更多的数据,特别是高空间分辨率的光谱数据。

英文摘要:

We present CO observations of 9 ULIRGs at z~2 with S(24μm)>1mJy, previously confirmed with the mid-IR spectra in the Spitzer First Look Survey. All targets are required to have accurate redshifts from Keck/GEMINI near-IR spectra. Using the Plateau de Bure millimeter-wave Interferometer (PdBI) at IRAM, we detect CO J(3-2) [7 objects] or J(2-1) [1 object] line emission from 8 sources with integrated intensities Ic ~(5-9)sigma. The CO detected sources have a variety of mid-IR spectra, including strong PAH, deep silicate absorption and power-law continuum, implying that these molecular gas rich objects at z~2 could be either starbursts or dust obscured AGNs. The measured line luminosity L'[CO] is (1.28-3.77)e+10[K km/s pc^2]. The averaged molecular gas mass M(H2) is 1.7e+10Msun, assuming CO-to-H2 conversion factor of 0.8Msun/[K km/s pc^2]. Three sources (33%) -- MIPS506, MIPS16144 & MIPS8342 -- have double peak velocity profiles. The CO double peaks in MIPS506 and MIPS16144 show spatial separations of 45kpc and 10.9kpc, allowing the estimates of the dynamical masses of 3.2e+11*sin^(-2)(i)Msun and 5.4e+11*sin^{-2}(i)Msun respectively. The implied gas fraction, M(gas)/M(dyn), is 3% and 4%, assuming an average inclination angle. Finally, the analysis of the HST/NIC2 images, mid-IR spectra and IR SED revealed that most of our sources are mergers, containing dust obscured AGNs dominating the luminosities at (3-6)um. Together, these results provide some evidence suggesting SMGs, bright 24um z~2 ULIRGs and QSOs could represent three different stages of a single evolutionary sequence, however, a complete physical model would require much more data, especially high spatial resolution spectroscopy.

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