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ALMA [N ii] 205 μm Imaging Spectroscopy of the Lensed Submillimeter Galaxy ID 141 at Redshift 4.24.

Authors :
Cheng, Cheng
Cao, Xiaoyue
Lu, Nanyao
Li, Ran
Yang, Chentao
Rigopoulou, Dimitra
Charmandaris, Vassilis
Gao, Yu
Xu, Cong Kevin
van der Werf, Paul
Santos, Tanio Diaz
Privon, George C.
Zhao, Yinghe
Cao, Tianwen
Dai, Y. Sophia
Huang, Jia-Sheng
Sanders, David
Wang, Chunxiang
Wang, Zhong
Zhu, Lei
Source :
Astrophysical Journal; 7/20/2020, Vol. 898 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We present an Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observation of the Submillimeter galaxy ID 141 at z = 4.24 in the [N ii ] 205 μm line (hereafter [N ii ]) and the underlying continuum at (rest-frame) 197.6 μm. Benefiting from lensing magnification by a galaxy pair at z = 0.595, ID 141 is one of the brightest SMGs. At the angular resolutions of –1.″5 (1″ ∼6.9 kpc), our observation clearly separates and moderately resolves the two lensed images in both continuum and line emission at a signal-to-noise ratio >5. Our continuum-based lensing model implies an averaged amplification factor of ∼5.8 and reveals that the delensed continuum image has a Sérsic index and Sérsic radius of ∼0.″18 (∼1.24 kpc). Furthermore, the reconstructed [N ii ] velocity field in the source plane is dominated by a rotation component with a maximum velocity of ∼300 km s<superscript>−1</superscript> at large radii, indicating a dark matter halo mass of ∼10. This, together with the reconstructed velocity dispersion field being smooth and modest in value (<100 km s<superscript>−1</superscript>) over much of the outer parts of the galaxy, favors the interpretation of ID 141 being a disk galaxy dynamically supported by rotation. The observed [N ii ] /CO (7−6) and [N ii ] /[C ii ] 158 μm line-luminosity ratios, which are consistent with the corresponding line ratio versus far-infrared color correlation from local luminous infrared galaxies, imply a delensed star formation rate of (1.8 yr<superscript>−1</superscript> and provide an independent estimate of the size of the star-forming region kpc in radius. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0004637X
Volume :
898
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Astrophysical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
145143342
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab980b