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中等红移的大质量吸收选择Galerkin

Massive, Absorption-selected Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts

N. Kanekar, J. X. Prochaska, L. Christensen, N. H. P. Rhodin, M. Neeleman, M. A. Zwaan, P. Moller, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, J. P. U. Fynbo, T. Zafar

摘要:

30多年来,吸收选择星系的性质及其与一般星系群的联系一直是悬而未决的问题,关于它们的气体性质的信息很少。在这里,我们表明,使用探测一氧化碳(CO)的排放与阿塔卡马大型毫米/亚毫米阵列(ALMA),这五个高金属,吸收选择星系在中等红移,$z \approx 0.5-0.8$,有大分子气体质量,$M_{\rm Mol} \approx (0.6 - 8.2) \times 10^{10} \: {\rm M}_\odot$和高分子气体分数($f_{\rm Mol} \equiv \: M_{\rm Mol}/(M_\ast + M_{\rm Mol}) \approx 0.29-0.87)$。它们中等的恒星形成率(SFR),即$\approx (0.3-9.5) \: {\rm M}_\odot$ yr $^{-1}$,则意味着长的气体耗尽时间尺度,即$\approx (3 - 120)$ Gyr。在$z \approx 0.5-0.8$的高金属丰度吸收选择星系出现不同的恒星形成星系的人口在两个$z \approx 1.3-2.5$,在宇宙中的恒星形成活动的高峰期,和较低的红移,$z \lesssim 0.05$。它们相对较低的SFR,尽管有大的分子气体储层,可能表明在中等红移的恒星形成的性质,$z \approx 0.7$的过渡。

英文摘要:

The nature of absorption-selected galaxies and their connection to the general galaxy population have been open issues for more than three decades, with little information available on their gas properties. Here we show, using detections of carbon monoxide (CO) emission with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), that five of seven high-metallicity, absorption-selected galaxies at intermediate redshifts, $z \approx 0.5-0.8$, have large molecular gas masses, $M_{\rm Mol} \approx (0.6 - 8.2) \times 10^{10} \: {\rm M}_\odot$ and high molecular gas fractions ($f_{\rm Mol} \equiv \: M_{\rm Mol}/(M_\ast + M_{\rm Mol}) \approx 0.29-0.87)$. Their modest star formation rates (SFRs), $\approx (0.3-9.5) \: {\rm M}_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, then imply long gas depletion timescales, $\approx (3 - 120)$ Gyr. The high-metallicity absorption-selected galaxies at $z \approx 0.5-0.8$ appear distinct from populations of star-forming galaxies at both $z \approx 1.3-2.5$, during the peak of star formation activity in the Universe, and lower redshifts, $z \lesssim 0.05$. Their relatively low SFRs, despite the large molecular gas reservoirs, may indicate a transition in the nature of star formation at intermediate redshifts, $z \approx 0.7$.

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