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Q1700-MD94的分子气体性质:一个位于$z\approx2$的大质量主序星星系

Molecular gas properties of Q1700-MD94: a massive, main-sequence galaxy at $z\approx2$

K. Henríquez-Brocal, R. Herrera-Camus, L. Tacconi, R. Genzel, A. Bolatto, S. Bovino, R. Demarco, N. Förster Schreiber, M. Lee, D. Lutz, M. Rubio

摘要:

除了辅助CO(1-0)和CO(3-2)数据之外,我们还使用新的北方扩展毫米波阵列(NOEMA)对[CI]跃迁对、CO(7-6)线和尘埃连续体的观测组合来研究分子气体性质Q1700-MD 94,这是$z\approx2$的一个大质量主序星星系。我们发现,对于一个典型的大质量恒星形成星系的一组合理的假设,CO(1-0),[CI](1-0)和尘埃连续产生的分子气体质量是一致的$\sim2$的一个因素。由[CI]和CO跃迁追踪的分子气体的全局激发性质与在$z\sim2$观测到的其他大质量恒星形成星系中的激发性质相似。我们的大速度梯度(LVG)使用的CO和[CI]谱线能量分布(SLED)的RADEX建模表明存在相对温暖($T_{\rm kin}=41$ K),致密($n_{\rm H_2}=8\times10^{3}~{\rm cm}^{-3}$)的分子气体,相当于高激发分子气体成分观察到的主序星,恒星形成星系在$z\sim1$。CO(1-0)和CO(7-6)谱线发射的星系大小是相当的,这表明高度激发的分子气体分布在整个盘上,由强烈的恒星形成活动提供动力。为了确认这种情况,需要对CO和[CI]线进行空间分辨观测,现在可以通过NOEMA升级的能力获得这些观测。

英文摘要:

We use a combination of new NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) observations of the pair of [CI] transitions, the CO(7-6) line, and the dust continuum, in addition to ancillary CO(1-0) and CO(3-2) data, to study the molecular gas properties of Q1700-MD94, a massive, main-sequence galaxy at $z\approx2$. We find that for a reasonable set of assumptions for a typical massive star-forming galaxy, the CO(1-0), the [CI](1-0) and the dust continuum yield molecular gas masses that are consistent within a factor of $\sim2$. The global excitation properties of the molecular gas as traced by the [CI] and CO transitions are similar to those observed in other massive, star-forming galaxies at $z\sim2$. Our large velocity gradient (LVG) modeling using RADEX of the CO and [CI] spectral line energy distributions (SLEDs) suggests the presence of relatively warm ($T_{\rm kin}=41$K), dense ($n_{\rm H_2}=8\times10^{3}~{\rm cm}^{-3}$) molecular gas, comparable to the high-excitation molecular gas component observed in main-sequence, star-forming galaxies at $z\sim1$. The galaxy size in the CO(1-0) and CO(7-6) line emission are comparable, which suggests that the highly-excited molecular gas is distributed throughout the disk powered by intense star formation activity. To confirm this scenario will require spatially resolved observations of the CO and [CI] lines which can now be obtained with NOEMA upgraded capabilities.

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