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2014A&A...565A..59D - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 565A, 59-59 (2014/5-1)

ALMA resolves turbulent, rotating [CII] emission in a young starburst galaxy at z = 4.8.

DE BREUCK C., WILLIAMS R.J., SWINBANK M., CASELLI P., COPPIN K., DAVIS T.A., MAIOLINO R., NAGAO T., SMAIL I., WALTER F., WEISS A. and ZWAAN M.A.

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We present spatially resolved Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) [CII] observations of the z=4.7555 submillimetre galaxy, ALESS73.1. Our 0.''5 FWHM map resolves the [CII] emitting gas which is centred close to the active galactic nucleus (AGN). The gas kinematics are dominated by rotation but with high turbulence, vrotint∼3.1, and a Toomre Q parameter <1 throughout the disk. By fitting three independent thin rotating disk models to our data, we derive a total dynamical mass of 3±2x1010M. This is close to the molecular gas mass derived from previous CO(2-1) observations, and implies a CO to H2 conversion factor αCO<2.3M/(K*km/s*pc2). The mass budget also constrains the stellar mass to <3.1x1010M, and entails a gas fraction of fgas≥0.4. The diameter of the dust continuum emission is <2kpc, while the star-formation rate is as high as 1000M/yr. Combined with our stellar mass constraint, this implies an extreme specific star formation rate >80G/yr, especially since there are no clear indications of recent merger activity. Finally, our high signal-to-noise [CII] measurement revises the observed [NII]/[CII] ratio, which suggests a close to solar metallicity, unless the [CII] flux contains significant contributions from HII regions. Our observations suggest that ALESS73.1 is a nascent galaxy undergoing its first major burst of star formation, embedded within an unstable but metal-rich gas disk.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: starburst - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - galaxies: ISM

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