TY - JOUR
T1 - COPSS II
T2 - THE MOLECULAR GAS CONTENT OF TEN MILLION CUBIC MEGAPARSECS AT REDSHIFT z ∼ 3
AU - Keating, Garrett K.
AU - Marrone, Daniel P.
AU - Bower, Geoffrey C.
AU - Leitch, Erik
AU - Carlstrom, John E.
AU - Deboer, David R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/10/10
Y1 - 2016/10/10
N2 - We present a measurement of the abundance of carbon monoxide in the early universe, utilizing the final results from the CO Power Spectrum Survey (COPSS). Between 2013 and 2015, we performed observations with the Sunyaev-Zel dovich Array to measure aggregate CO emission from z ∼ 3 galaxies with the intensity mapping technique. Data were collected on 19 fields, covering an area of 0.7 square degrees, over the frequency range 27-35 GHz. With these data, along with data analyzed in COPSS I, we are able to observe the CO(1-0) transition within the redshift range z = 2.3-3.3 for spatial frequencies between k = 0.5-10 h Mpc-1, spanning a comoving volume of 4.9 × 106 h-3 Mpc3. We present estimates of contributions from continuum sources and ground illumination within our measurement. We constrain the amplitude of the CO power spectrum to PCO = 3.0-1.3 +1.3 × 103 μK2(h-1 Mpc)3, or Δ2 CO(k = 1 h Mpc-1) = 1.5+0.7 -0.7 × 103 μK2, at 68% confidence, and PCO > 0 at 98.9% confidence. These results are a factor of 10 improvement in sensitivity compared to those of COPSS I. With this measurement, we constrain on the CO(1-0) galaxy luminosity function at z ∼ 3. Assuming that CO emission is proportional to halo mass and using theoretical estimates of the scatter in this relationship, we constrain the ratio of CO(1-0) luminosity to halo mass to ACO = 6.3+1.4 -2.1 × 10-7 LO MO -1. Assuming a Milky Way-like linear relationship between CO luminosity and molecular gas mass, we estimate a mass fraction of molecular gas of fH2 = 5.5+3.4 -2.2 × 10-2 for halos with masses of ∼1012MO. Using theoretical estimates for the scaling of molecular gas mass fraction and halo mass, we estimate the cosmic molecular gas density to be ρz∼3(H2) = 1.1+0.7 -0.4 × 108 MO Mpc-3.
AB - We present a measurement of the abundance of carbon monoxide in the early universe, utilizing the final results from the CO Power Spectrum Survey (COPSS). Between 2013 and 2015, we performed observations with the Sunyaev-Zel dovich Array to measure aggregate CO emission from z ∼ 3 galaxies with the intensity mapping technique. Data were collected on 19 fields, covering an area of 0.7 square degrees, over the frequency range 27-35 GHz. With these data, along with data analyzed in COPSS I, we are able to observe the CO(1-0) transition within the redshift range z = 2.3-3.3 for spatial frequencies between k = 0.5-10 h Mpc-1, spanning a comoving volume of 4.9 × 106 h-3 Mpc3. We present estimates of contributions from continuum sources and ground illumination within our measurement. We constrain the amplitude of the CO power spectrum to PCO = 3.0-1.3 +1.3 × 103 μK2(h-1 Mpc)3, or Δ2 CO(k = 1 h Mpc-1) = 1.5+0.7 -0.7 × 103 μK2, at 68% confidence, and PCO > 0 at 98.9% confidence. These results are a factor of 10 improvement in sensitivity compared to those of COPSS I. With this measurement, we constrain on the CO(1-0) galaxy luminosity function at z ∼ 3. Assuming that CO emission is proportional to halo mass and using theoretical estimates of the scatter in this relationship, we constrain the ratio of CO(1-0) luminosity to halo mass to ACO = 6.3+1.4 -2.1 × 10-7 LO MO -1. Assuming a Milky Way-like linear relationship between CO luminosity and molecular gas mass, we estimate a mass fraction of molecular gas of fH2 = 5.5+3.4 -2.2 × 10-2 for halos with masses of ∼1012MO. Using theoretical estimates for the scaling of molecular gas mass fraction and halo mass, we estimate the cosmic molecular gas density to be ρz∼3(H2) = 1.1+0.7 -0.4 × 108 MO Mpc-3.
KW - ISM: molecules
KW - galaxies: evolution
KW - galaxies: high-redshift
KW - methods: statistical
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U2 - 10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/34
DO - 10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/34
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994384362
SN - 0004-637X
VL - 830
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
IS - 1
M1 - 34
ER -