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Detections of [C ii] 158 μm and [O iii] 88 μm in a Local Lyman Continuum Emitter, Mrk 54, and Its Implications to High-redshift ALMA Studies

Authors :
Ryota Ura
Takuya Hashimoto
Akio K. Inoue
Dario Fadda
Matthew Hayes
Johannes Puschnig
Erik Zackrisson
Yoichi Tamura
Hiroshi Matsuo
Ken Mawatari
Yoshinobu Fudamoto
Masato Hagimoto
Nario Kuno
Yuma Sugahara
Satoshi Yamanaka
Tom J. L. C. Bakx
Yurina Nakazato
Mitsutaka Usui
Hidenobu Yajima
Naoki Yoshida
Source :
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol 948, Iss 1, p 3 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2023.

Abstract

We present integral field, far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy of Mrk 54, a local Lyman continuum emitter, obtained with FIFI-LS on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. This is only the second time, after Haro 11, that [C ii ] 158 μ m and [O iii ] 88 μ m spectroscopy of the known LCEs have been obtained. We find that Mrk 54 has a strong [C ii ] emission that accounts for ∼1% of the total FIR luminosity, whereas it has only moderate [O iii ] emission, resulting in the low [O iii ]/[C ii ] luminosity ratio of 0.22 ± 0.06. In order to investigate whether [O iii ]/[C ii ] is a useful tracer of f _esc (LyC escape fraction), we examine the correlations of [O iii ]/[C ii ] and (i) the optical line ratio of O _32 ≡ [O iii ] 5007 Å/[O ii ] 3727 Å, (ii) specific star formation rate, (iii) [O iii ] 88 μ m/[O i ] 63 μ m ratio, (iv) gas-phase metallicity, and (v) dust temperature based on a combined sample of Mrk 54 and the literature data from the Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey and the LITTLE THINGS Survey. We find that galaxies with high [O iii ]/[C ii ] luminosity ratios could be the result of high ionization (traced by O _32 ), bursty star formation, high ionized-to-neutral gas volume filling factors (traced by [O iii ] 88 μ m/[O i ] 63 μ m), and low gas-phase metallicities, which is in agreement with theoretical predictions. We present an empirical relation between the [O iii ]/[C ii ] ratio and f _esc based on the combination of the [O iii ]/[C ii ] and O _32 correlation, and the known relation between O _32 and f _esc . The relation implies that high-redshift galaxies with high [O iii ]/[C ii ] ratios revealed by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array may have f _esc ≳ 0.1, significantly contributing to the cosmic reionization.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15384357
Volume :
948
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
The Astrophysical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.621c8443e31461096e278288cdc8e72
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc530