2022ApJ...938..144M -
Astrophys. J., 938, 144 (2022/October-3)
Compact Dust Emission in a Gravitationally Lensed Massive Quiescent Galaxy at z = 2.15 Revealed in ∼130 pc Resolution Observations by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.
MORISHITA T., ABDURRO'UF, HIRASHITA H., NEWMAN A.B., STIAVELLI M. and CHIABERGE M.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present new observations of MRG-M2129, a quiescent galaxy at z = 2.15, with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). With the combination of the effect of gravitational lensing by the foreground galaxy cluster and the angular resolution provided by ALMA, our data reveal 1.2 mm continuum emission at ∼130 pc angular resolution. Compact dust continuum is detected at 7.9σ in the target but displaced from its stellar peak position by 62 ± 38 mas, or ∼169 ± 105 pc in the source plane. We find a considerably high dust-to-stellar mass ratio, 4 × 10–4. From nondetection of the [C I] 3P2 → 3P1 line, we derive 3σ upper limits on the molecular gas-to-dust mass ratio δGDR < 60 and the molecular gas-to-stellar mass ratio fH2 < 2.3%. The derived δGDR is ≳2× smaller than the typical value assumed for quiescent galaxies in the literature. Our study supports the idea that there exists a broad range of δGDR and urges submillimeter follow-up observations of quenching/recently quenched galaxies at similar redshifts. Based on the inferred low δGDR and other observed properties, we argue that the central black hole is still active and regulates star formation in the system. Our study exhibits a rare case of a gravitationally lensed type 2 QSO harbored by a quiescent galaxy.
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© 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Galaxies - Active galactic nuclei - Gas-to-dust ratio - Galaxy quenching
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