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Dust evolution processes in normal galaxies atz> 6 detected by ALMA
- Source :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465:3475-3482
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016.
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Abstract
- Recent ALMA observations of high-redshift normal galaxies have been providing a great opportunity to clarify the general origin of dust in the Universe, not biased to very bright special objects even at $z>6$. To clarify what constraint we can get for the dust enrichment in normal galaxies detected by ALMA, we use a theoretical model that includes major processes driving dust evolution in a galaxy; that is, dust condensation in stellar ejecta, dust growth by the accretion of gas-phase metals, and supernova destruction. Using the dust emission fluxes detected in two normal galaxies at $z>6$ by ALMA as a constraint, we can get the range of the time-scales (or efficiencies) of the above mentioned processes. We find that if we assume extremely high condensation efficiency in stellar ejecta ($f_{\mathrm{in}} \ga 0.5$), rapid dust enrichment by stellar sources in the early phase may be enough to explain the observed ALMA flux, unless dust destruction by supernovae in those galaxies is stronger than that in nearby galaxies. If we assume a condensation efficiency expected from theoretical calculations ($f_{\mathrm{in}} \la 0.1$), strong dust growth (even stronger than assumed for nearby galaxies if they are metal-poor galaxies) is required. These results indicate that the normal galaxies detected by ALMA at $z>6$ are biased to objects (i) with high dust condensation efficiency in stellar ejecta, (ii) with strong dust growth in very dense molecular clouds, or (iii) with efficient dust growth because of fast metal enrichment up to solar metallicity. A measurement of metallicity is crucial to distinguish among these possibilities.
- Subjects :
- Physics
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Metallicity
Molecular cloud
Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Intergalactic dust
01 natural sciences
Galaxy
Accretion (astrophysics)
Supernova
Space and Planetary Science
0103 physical sciences
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Circumstellar dust
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Cosmic dust
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- ISSN :
- 13652966 and 00358711
- Volume :
- 465
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d78b340e976b108b43a50b5336e6758e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2966