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z~6暗类星体主星系的远红外和分子CO辐射

Far-infrared and Molecular CO Emission From the Host Galaxies of Faint Quasars at z~6

Ran Wang, Jeff Wagg, Chris L. Carilli, Roberto. Neri, Fabian Walter, Alain Omont, Dominik. A. Riechers, Frank Bertoldi, Karl M. Menten, Pierre Cox, Michael A. S… 展开作者

Ran Wang, Jeff Wagg, Chris L. Carilli, Roberto. Neri, Fabian Walter, Alain Omont, Dominik. A. Riechers, Frank Bertoldi, Karl M. Menten, Pierre Cox, Michael A. Strauss, Xiaohui Fan, Linhua Jiang

摘要:

本文对在深光学和近红外巡天中发现的9个z~6类星体进行了新的毫米波和射电观测。我们在9个物体中的8个中观察到250 GHz连续谱,并检测到其中3个。新的1.4千兆赫无线电连续数据已获得四个来源,并已检测到一个。我们在三个250 GHz的探测器中寻找分子CO(6-5)线发射,并探测到其中两个。我们以18个z~6类星体为样本,研究了远红外辐射和射电辐射以及类星体-宿主星系的演化。这些类星体在紫外和可见光波段都是微弱的(1450 A星等为m_1450 \ge 20.2)。这颗暗类星体的平均红外-活动星系核紫外光度比比约为z~6(m_1450<20.2)亮类星体的2倍。对紫外/光学昏暗和明亮的z~6类星体的平均FIR和AGN辐射热光度,以及z~2到5的亚毫米/毫米观测类星体样本的平均光度进行拟合,得到L_{FIR} { L_{bol} }^{0.62}的关系。在250 GHz频段上,已探测到18个微弱的z~6类星体中的5个。这些250 GHz的探测结果,以及大多数毫米波探测到的光学亮z~6类星体,都遵循由星暴-活动星系核系统定义的局部和高z宇宙中的L_{FIR} { L_{bol} }^{0.45}的较浅趋势。对这5个天体的毫米连续谱探测和对其中3个天体的分子CO探测显示,类星体宿主星系中有几个x10^8 M太阳的红外辐射热尘埃和10^10 M太阳的分子气体。所有这些结果都证明了类星体宿主星系中存在大质量恒星的形成,估计恒星形成速率为几百M_sun yr^{-1}。此外,在这些250 GHz探测到的微弱类星体中发现的较高的FIR-AGN光度比也表明恒星形成率和超大质量黑洞吸积率之间的比率高于z~6处紫外/光学最明亮的类星体。

英文摘要:

We present new millimeter and radio observations of nine z~6 quasars discovered in deep optical and near-infrared surveys. We observed the 250 GHz continuum in eight of the nine objects and detected three of them. New 1.4 GHz radio continuum data have been obtained for four sources, and one has been detected. We searched for molecular CO (6-5) line emission in the three 250 GHz detections and detected two of them. We study the FIR and radio emission and quasar-host galaxy evolution with a sample of 18 z~6 quasars that are faint at UV/optical wavelengths (rest-frame 1450A magnitudes of m_1450\ge20.2). The average FIR-to-AGN UV luminosity ratio of this faint quasar sample is about two times higher than that of the bright quasars at z~6 (m_1450<20.2). A fit to the average FIR and AGN bolometric luminosities of both the UV/optically faint and bright z~6 quasars, and the average luminosities of samples of submillimeter /millimeter-observed quasars at z~2 to 5, yields a relationship of L_{FIR} {L_{bol}}^{0.62}. Five of the 18 faint z~6 quasars have been detected at 250 GHz. These 250 GHz detections, as well as most of the millimeter-detected optically bright z~6 quasars, follow a shallower trend of L_{FIR} {L_{bol}}^{0.45} defined by the starburst-AGN systems in local and high-z universe. The millimeter continuum detections in the five objects and molecular CO detections in three of them reveal a few x10^8 M_sun of FIR-emitting warm dust and 10^10 M_sun of molecular gas in the quasar host galaxies. All these results argue for massive star formation in the quasar host galaxies, with estimated star formation rates of a few hundred M_sun yr^{-1}. Additionally, the higher FIR-to-AGN luminosity ratio found in these 250 GHz-detected faint quasars also suggests a higher ratio between star formation rate and supermassive black hole accretion rate than the UV/optically most luminous quasars at z~6.

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