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2010A&A...522L...4L - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 522, L4-4 (2010/11-1)

Discovery of an extremely bright submillimeter galaxy at z = 3.93.

LESTRADE J.-F., COMBES F., SALOME P., OMONT A., BERTOLDI F., ANDRE P. and SCHNEIDER N.

Abstract (from CDS):

Serendipitously we have discovered a rare, bright submillimeter galaxy (SMG) with a flux density of 30±2mJy at λ=1.2mm, using MAMBO2 at the IRAM 30-m millimeter telescope. Although no optical counterpart is known for MM18423+5938, we were able to measure the redshift z=3.92960±0.00013 from the detection of CO lines using the IRAM Eight MIxer Receiver (EMIR). In addition, by collecting all available photometric data in the far-infrared and radio to constrain its spectral energy distribution, we derive the FIR luminosity 4.8x1014/m*L and mass 6.0x109/m*M for its dust, allowing for a magnification factor m caused by a probable gravitational lens. The corresponding star-formation rate is 8.3x104/m*M/yr. The detection of three lines of the CO rotational ladder, and a significant upper limit for a fourth CO line, allow us to estimate an H2 mass of between 1.9x1011/m*M and 1.1x1012/m*M. The two lines CI(3P1-3P0) and CI(3P2-3P1) were clearly detected and yield a [CI]/[H2] number abundance of between 1.4x10–5 and 8.0x10–5. Upper limits are presented for emission lines of HCN, HCO+, HNC, H2O, and of other molecules. The moderate excitation of the CO lines is indicative of an extended starburst, and excludes the dominance of an AGN in heating this high-z SMG.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: evolution - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: ISM - infrared: galaxies - submillimeter: galaxies

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