2018ApJ...854..157F -
Astrophys. J., 854, 157-157 (2018/February-3)
The spectral energy distribution of the hyperluminous, Hot dust-obscured galaxy W2246-0526.
FAN L., GAO Y., KNUDSEN K.K. and SHU X.
Abstract (from CDS):
Hot dust-obscured galaxies (Hot DOGs) are a luminous, dust-obscured population recently discovered in the WISE All-Sky survey. Multiwavelength follow-up observations suggest that they are mainly powered by accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs), lying in dense environments, and being in the transition phase between extreme starburst and UV-bright quasars. Therefore, they are good candidates for studying the interplay between SMBHs, star formation, and environment. W2246-0526 (hereafter, W2246), a Hot DOG at z ∼ 4.6, has been taken as the most luminous galaxy known in the universe. Revealed by the multiwavelength images, the previous Herschel SPIRE photometry of W2246 is contaminated by a foreground galaxy (W2246f), resulting in an overestimation of its total IR luminosity by a factor of about two. We perform the rest-frame UV/optical-to-far-IR spectral energy distribution (SED) analysis with SED3FIT and re-estimate its physical properties. The derived stellar mass M*=4.3×1011M☉ makes it among the most massive galaxies with spectroscopic redshift z > 4.5. Its structure is extremely compact and requires an effective mechanism to puff-up. Most of (>95%) its IR luminosity is from AGN torus emission, revealing the rapid growth of the central SMBH. We also predict that W2246 may have a significant molecular gas reservoir based on the dust mass estimation.
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Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: active - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: individual: W2246-0526 - infrared: galaxies - submillimeter: galaxies
CDS comments:
W2246f is LEDA 1044720 in SIMBAD.
Simbad objects:
2
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