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用CO和Spitzer中红外光谱干涉观测探测z~1超亮红外星系的星际介质

Probing the Interstellar Medium of z~1 Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies through Interferometric Observations of CO and Spitzer Mid-infrared Spectroscopy

Alexandra Pope, Jeff Wagg, David Frayer, Lee Armus, Ranga-Ram Chary, Emanuele Daddi, Vandana Desai, Mark E. Dickinson, David Elbaz, Jared Gabor, Allison Kirkpatrick

摘要:

我们探讨了气体,尘埃和恒星形成之间的关系,在一个样本的12个超亮红外星系(ULIRGs)在高红移相比,类似的样本的本地星系。我们提出了新的CO观测和/或斯皮策中红外光谱为6 - 70微米选定的星系在z~1,以量化的分子气体库的性质,活动星系核(AGN)的贡献,中红外光度和恒星形成效率(SFE=LIR/L 'CO)。中红外光谱显示出强的多环芳烃(PAH)发射,我们的光谱分解表明活动星系核对中红外光度的贡献很小(<25%)。70微米选定的ULIRGs,我们发现光谱的密切对,观察到有高的SFE,类似于本地ULIRGs和高红移亚毫米星系,符合增强的红外光度由于正在进行的重大合并。结合已有的本地和高红移ULIRGs的观测,我们进一步比较PAH,IR和CO的光度。我们发现,LPAH6.2/LIR的比例随着本地和高红移星系的红外光度的增加而降低,但高红移星系的趋势被转移到更高的红外光度;在给定的LIR的平均LPAH6.2/LIR的比例是高红移的3倍。当我们用分子气体标准化时,我们发现这种趋势在所有红移的星系中是一致的,并且分子气体与PAH尘埃排放相关。在其他研究中[CII]与分子气体比率中看到的类似趋势表明,PAH排放,像[CII]一样,即使在高红移下仍然是光解区域的良好示踪剂。CO、PAH和远红外精细结构谱线的共同作用将有助于高红移星系中星际介质的研究。

英文摘要:

We explore the relationship between gas, dust and star formation in a sample of 12 ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) at high redshift compared to a similar sample of local galaxies. We present new CO observations and/or Spitzer mid-IR spectroscopy for 6 70 micron selected galaxies at z~1 in order to quantify the properties of the molecular gas reservoir, the contribution of an active galactic nuclei (AGN) to the mid-IR luminosity and the star formation efficiency (SFE=LIR/L'CO). The mid-IR spectra show strong polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission and our spectral decomposition suggests that the AGN makes a minimal contribution (<25%) to the mid-IR luminosity. The 70 micron selected ULIRGs which we find to be spectroscopic close pairs, are observed to have high SFE, similar to local ULIRGs and high redshift submillimeter galaxies, consistent with enhanced IR luminosity due to an ongoing major merger. Combined with existing observations of local and high redshift ULIRGs, we further compare the PAH, IR and CO luminosities. We show that the ratio LPAH6.2/LIR decreases with increasing IR luminosity for both local and high redshift galaxies but the trend for high redshift galaxies is shifted to higher IR luminosities; the average LPAH6.2/LIR ratio at a given LIR is ~3 times higher at high redshift. When we normalize by the molecular gas, we find this trend to be uniform for galaxies at all redshifts and that the molecular gas is correlated with the PAH dust emission.The similar trends seen in the [CII] to molecular gas ratios in other studies suggests that PAH emission, like [CII], continues to be a good tracer of photodissociation regions even at high redshift. Together the CO, PAH and far-IR fine structure lines should be useful for constraining the interstellar medium conditions in high redshift galaxies.

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