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气体选择半导体中CO的激发和线能量分布

CO Excitation and Line Energy Distributions in Gas-selected Galaxies

A. Klitsch, L. Christensen, F. Valentino, N. Kanekar, P. Møller, M. A. Zwaan, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. Neeleman, J. X. Prochaska

摘要:

虽然发射选择星系调查偏向于星系人口中最明亮的部分,但吸收选择是一种潜在的无偏见的星系选择技术。然而,吸收选择星系的物理性质并没有很好的表征。本文研究了阻尼Ly $α$(DLA)吸收选择星系中星际介质(ISM)的激发条件。我们提出了一个研究的CO谱线能量分布(SLED)在四个高金属丰度吸收选择的星系与以前报道的CO检测在中间($z \sim 0.7$)和高($z \sim 2$)的红移。我们在这些星系中发现了各种各样的ISM条件的进一步证据。四个星系中有两个显示出与银河系内盘一致的CO SLEDs。有趣的是,这些星系之一是在$z \sim 2$,并有一个CO SLED低于主序星星系在类似的红移。在$z>2$的另外两个星系显示出更兴奋的ISM条件,其中一个显示出中等$J$(J $=3, 4$)水平的热激发,类似于在这些红移的两个大质量主序星星系中看到的。总的来说,我们发现,吸收选择跟踪不同的星系人口。

英文摘要:

While emission-selected galaxy surveys are biased towards the most luminous part of the galaxy population, absorption selection is a potentially unbiased galaxy selection technique with respect to luminosity. However, the physical properties of absorption-selected galaxies are not well characterised. Here we study the excitation conditions in the interstellar medium (ISM) in damped Ly$α$ (DLA) absorption-selected galaxies. We present a study of the CO spectral line energy distribution (SLED) in four high-metallicity absorption-selected galaxies with previously reported CO detections at intermediate ($z \sim 0.7$) and high ($z \sim 2$) redshifts. We find further evidence for a wide variety of ISM conditions in these galaxies. Two out of the four galaxies show CO SLEDs consistent with that of the Milky Way inner disk. Interestingly, one of these galaxies is at $z \sim 2$ and has a CO SLED below that of main-sequence galaxies at similar redshifts. The other two galaxies at $z>2$ show more excited ISM conditions, with one of them showing thermal excitation of the mid-$J$ (J$=3, 4$) levels, similar to that seen in two massive main-sequence galaxies at these redshifts. Overall, we find that absorption selection traces a diverse population of galaxies.

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