2012ApJ...752L..30W -
Astrophys. J., 752, L30 (2012/June-3)
[C II] line emission in massive star-forming galaxies at z = 4.7.
WAGG J., WIKLIND T., CARILLI C.L., ESPADA D., PECK A., RIECHERS D., WALTER F., WOOTTEN A., ARAVENA M., BARKATS D., CORTES J.R., HILLS R., HODGE J., IMPELLIZZERI C.M.V., IONO D., LEROY A., MARTIN S., RAWLINGS M.G., MAIOLINO R., McMAHON R.G., SCOTT K.S., VILLARD E. and VLAHAKIS C.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the [C II] 157.7 µm fine structure line and thermal dust continuum emission from a pair of gas-rich galaxies at z = 4.7, BR1202-0725. This system consists of a luminous quasar host galaxy and a bright submillimeter galaxy (SMG), while a fainter star-forming galaxy is also spatially coincident within a 4'' (25 kpc) region. All three galaxies are detected in the submillimeter continuum, indicating FIR luminosities in excess of 1013 L☉for the two most luminous objects. The SMG and the quasar host galaxy are both detected in [C II] line emission with luminosities L_[C II]_= (10.0±1.5) x109 L☉ and L_[C II]_= (6.5±1.0)x109 L☉, respectively. We estimate a luminosity ratio L_[C II]/LFIR_= (8.3±1.2)x10–4 for the starburst SMG to the north and L_[C II]/LFIR_= (2.5±0.4) x 10–4 for the quasar host galaxy, in agreement with previous high-redshift studies that suggest lower [C II]-to-FIR luminosity ratios in quasars than in starburst galaxies. The third fainter object with a flux density S_340 GHz_= 1.9±0.3 mJy is coincident with a Lyα emitter and is detected in HST ACS F775W and F814W images but has no clear counterpart in the H band. Even if this third companion does not lie at a redshift similar to BR1202-0725, the quasar and the SMG represent an overdensity of massive, infrared luminous star-forming galaxies within 1.3 Gyr of the big bang.
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cosmology: observations - early universe - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: formation - galaxies: high-redshift
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