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2017ApJ...842L..16L - Astrophys. J., 842, L16-L16 (2017/June-3)

ALMA [N II] 205µm imaging spectroscopy of the interacting galaxy system BRI 1202-0725 at redshift 4.7.

LU N., ZHAO Y., DIAZ-SANTOS T., XU C.K., CHARMANDARIS V., GAO Y., VAN DER WERF P.P., PRIVON G.C., INAMI H., RIGOPOULOU D., SANDERS D.B. and ZHU L.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the results from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array imaging in the [N II] 205µm fine-structure line (hereafter [N II]) and the underlying continuum of BRI 1202-0725, an interacting galaxy system at z = 4.7, consisting of a quasi-stellar object (QSO), a submillimeter galaxy (SMG), and two Lyα emitters, all within ∼25 kpc of the QSO. We detect the QSO and SMG in both [N II] and continuum. At the ∼1'' (or 6.6 kpc) resolution, both the QSO and SMG are resolved in [N II], with the de-convolved major axes of ∼9 and ∼14 kpc, respectively. In contrast, their continuum emissions are much more compact and unresolved even at an enhanced resolution of ∼0.''7. The ratio of the [N II] flux to the existing CO(7-6) flux is used to constrain the dust temperature (Tdust) for a more accurate determination of the FIR luminosity LFIR. Our best estimated Tdust equals 43 (±2) K for both galaxies (assuming an emissivity index β = 1.8). The resulting LCO(7–6)/LFIR ratios are statistically consistent with that of local luminous infrared galaxies, confirming that LCO(7–6) traces the star formation (SF) rate (SFR) in these galaxies. We estimate that the ongoing SF of the QSO (SMG) has an SFR of 5.1 (6.9) x 103 M yr–1 (±30%) assuming Chabrier initial mass function, takes place within a diameter (at half maximum) of 1.3 (1.5) kpc, and will consume the existing 5 (5) x 1011 M of molecular gas in 10 (7) x 107 years.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: ISM - galaxies: star formation - infrared: galaxies - ISM: molecules - submillimeter: galaxies - submillimeter: galaxies

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