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The ALPINE-ALMA [C II] Survey: [C II]158micron Emission Line Luminosity Functions at $z \sim 4-6$

Lin Yan, A. Sajina, F. Loiacono, G. Lagache, M. Bèthermin, A. Faisst, M. Ginolfi, O. Le Fèvre, C. Gruppioni, P. L. Capak, P. Cassata, D. Schaerer, J. D. Silverm… 展开作者

Lin Yan, A. Sajina, F. Loiacono, G. Lagache, M. Bèthermin, A. Faisst, M. Ginolfi, O. Le Fèvre, C. Gruppioni, P. L. Capak, P. Cassata, D. Schaerer, J. D. Silverman, S. Bardelli, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, A. Cimatti, N. P. Hathi, B. C. Lemaux, E. Ibar, G. C. Jones, A. M. Koekemoer, P. A. Oesch, M. Talia, F. Pozzi, D. A. Riechers, L. A. Tasca, S. Toft, L. Vallini, D. Vergani, G. Zamorani, E. Zucca

英文摘要:

We present the [CII]158$μ$m line luminosity functions (LFs) at $z\sim4-6$ using the ALMA observations of 118 sources, which are selected to have UV luminosity $M_{1500A}<-20.2$ and optical spectroscopic redshifts in COSMOS and ECDF-S. Of the 118 targets, 75 have significant [CII] detections and 43 are upper limits. This is by far the largest sample of [CII] detections which allows us to set constraints to the volume density of [CII] emitters at $z\sim4-6$. But because this is a UV-selected sample, we are missing [CII]-bright but UV-faint sources making our constraints strict lower limits. Our derived LFs are statistically consistent with the $z\sim0$ [CII] LF at $10^{8.25} - 10^{9.75}L_\odot$. We compare our results with the upper limits of the [CII] LF derived from serendipitous sources in the ALPINE maps (Loiacono et al. 2020). We also infer the [CII] LFs based on published far-IR and CO LFs at $z\sim4-6$. Combining our robust lower limits with these additional estimates, we set further constraints to the true number density of [CII] emitters at $z\sim 4 - 6$. These additional LF estimates are largely above our LF at $L_{[CII]}>10^9L_{\odot}$, suggesting that UV-faint but [CII]-bright sources likely make a significant contributions to the [CII] emitter volume density. When we include all the LF estimates, we find that available model predictions underestimate the number densities of [CII] emitters at $z\sim4-6$. Finally, we set a constraint on the molecular gas mass density at $z\sim4-6$, with $ρ_{mol} \sim (2-7)\times10^7M_\odot$\,Mpc$^{-3}$. This is broadly consistent with previous studies.

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