2017ApJ...845..108Y -
Astrophys. J., 845, 108-108 (2017/August-3)
Blind millimeter line emitter search using ALMA data toward gravitational lensing clusters.
YAMAGUCHI Y., KOHNO K., TAMURA Y., OGURI M., EZAWA H., HAYATSU N.H., KITAYAMA T., MATSUDA Y., MATSUO H., OSHIMA T., OTA N., IZUMI T. and UMEHATA H.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the results of a blind millimeter line emitter search using ALMA Band 6 data with a single-frequency tuning toward four gravitational lensing clusters (RXJ1347.5-1145, Abell S0592, MACS J0416.1-2403, and Abell 2744). We construct 3D signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) cubes with 60 and 100 MHz binning, and search for millimeter line emitters. We do not detect any line emitters with a peak S/N > 5, although we do find a line emitter candidate with a peak S/N ≃ 4.5. These results provide upper limits to the CO(3-2), CO(4-3), CO(5-4), and [C II] luminosity functions at z ≃ 0.3, 0.7, 1.2, and 6, respectively. Because of the magnification effect of gravitational lensing clusters, the new data provide the first constraints on the CO and [C II] luminosity functions at unprecedentedly low luminosity levels, i.e., down to <=10–3 - 10–1 Mpc–3 dex–1 at LCO^′^∼108–1010 K km s–1 pc2 and <=10–3-10–2 Mpc–3 dex–1 at L[CII]∼108–1010 L☉, respectively. Although the constraints to date are not yet stringent, we find that the evolution of the CO and [C II] luminosity functions are broadly consistent with the predictions of semi-analytical models. This study demonstrates that the wide observations with a single-frequency tuning toward gravitational lensing clusters are promising for constraining the CO and [C II] luminosity functions.
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galaxies: evolution - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: ISM - surveys - surveys
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