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CO J=1-0中PHIBSS z~2主序星系的高分辨率成像

High Resolution Imaging of PHIBSS z~2 Main Sequence Galaxies in CO J=1-0

A. D. Bolatto, S. R. Warren, A. K. Leroy, L. J. Tacconi, N. Bouché, N. M. Förster Schreiber, R. Genzel, M. C. Cooper, D. B. Fisher, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo… 展开作者

A. D. Bolatto, S. R. Warren, A. K. Leroy, L. J. Tacconi, N. Bouché, N. M. Förster Schreiber, R. Genzel, M. C. Cooper, D. B. Fisher, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, A. Burkert, F. Bournaud, A. Weiss, A. Saintonge, S. Wuyts, A. Sternberg

摘要:

我们介绍卡尔G。Jansky甚大阵列对四个$z\sim2$主序星星系中CO J=1-0跃迁的观测。这些星系在它们的红移上是在恒星形成星系的蓝色序列中,并且是IRAM Plateau de Bure HIgh- $z$蓝色序列巡天(PHIBSS)的一部分,该巡天在CO J=3-2拍摄了它们。两个星系在高信噪比下成像,可以确定它们的盘大小,线轮廓,分子表面密度和激发。使用这些和已发表的测量,我们表明,CO和光盘有相似的大小在主序星星系,并在星系中,我们可以比较CO J=1-0和J=3-2的大小,我们发现这些也非常相似。假设一个银河系CO到H的$_2$转换,我们测量$Σ_{mol}\sim1200$ M $_\odot$ pc $^{-2}$的表面密度在投影和估计$Σ_{mol}\sim500-900$ M $_\odot$ pc $^{-2}$去投影。最后,我们的数据产生速度积分瑞利-金斯亮度温度线比$r_{31}$是近似统一的。除了相似的盘大小,在J=1-0和J=3-2非常相似的线轮廓表明,这两个过渡采样相同的运动学,这意味着他们的发射是同延的。我们的结论是,在这两个主序星星系有显着的激发梯度或一个大的分子水库,是弥漫或冷,不参与活跃的恒星形成的证据。我们认为,$r_{31}$在非常活跃的恒星形成星系可能是一个指标,以及混合的恒星形成活动和分子库。

英文摘要:

We present Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array observations of the CO J=1-0 transition in a sample of four $z\sim2$ main sequence galaxies. These galaxies are in the blue sequence of star-forming galaxies at their redshift, and are part of the IRAM Plateau de Bure HIgh-$z$ Blue Sequence Survey (PHIBSS) which imaged them in CO J=3-2. Two galaxies are imaged here at high signal-to-noise, allowing determinations of their disk sizes, line profiles, molecular surface densities, and excitation. Using these and published measurements, we show that the CO and optical disks have similar sizes in main-sequence galaxies, and in the galaxy where we can compare CO J=1-0 and J=3-2 sizes we find these are also very similar. Assuming a Galactic CO-to-H$_2$ conversion, we measure surface densities of $Σ_{mol}\sim1200$ M$_\odot$pc$^{-2}$ in projection and estimate $Σ_{mol}\sim500-900$ M$_\odot$pc$^{-2}$ deprojected. Finally, our data yields velocity-integrated Rayleigh-Jeans brightness temperature line ratios $r_{31}$ that are approximately unity. In addition to the similar disk sizes, the very similar line profiles in J=1-0 and J=3-2 indicate that both transitions sample the same kinematics, implying that their emission is coextensive. We conclude that in these two main sequence galaxies there is no evidence for significant excitation gradients or a large molecular reservoir that is diffuse or cold and not involved in active star-formation. We suggest that $r_{31}$ in very actively star-forming galaxies is likely an indicator of how well mixed the star formation activity and the molecular reservoir are.

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