ISM Properties of a Massive Dusty Star-forming Galaxy Discovered at z ∼ 7

M. L. Strandet; A. Weiss; C. De Breuck; D. P. Marrone; J. D. Vieira; M. Aravena; M. L.N. Ashby; M. Béthermin; M. S. Bothwell; C. M. Bradford; J. E. Carlstrom; S. C. Chapman; D. J.M. Cunningham; Chian Chou Chen; C. D. Fassnacht; A. H. Gonzalez; T. R. Greve; B. Gullberg; C. C. Hayward; Y. Hezaveh; K. Litke; J. Ma; M. Malkan; K. M. Menten; T. Miller; E. J. Murphy; D. Narayanan; K. A. Phadke; K. M. Rotermund; J. S. Spilker; J. Sreevani

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ISM Properties of a Massive Dusty Star-forming Galaxy Discovered at z ∼ 7

M. L. Strandet, A. Weiss, C. De Breuck, D. P. Marrone, J. D. Vieira, M. Aravena, M. L.N. Ashby, M. Béthermin, M. S. Bothwell, C. M. Bradford, J. E. Carlstrom, S. C. Chapman, D. J.M. Cunningham, Chian Chou Chen, C. D. Fassnacht, A. H. Gonzalez, T. R. Greve, B. Gullberg, C. C. Hayward, Y. HezavehK. Litke, J. Ma, M. Malkan, K. M. Menten, T. Miller, E. J. Murphy, D. Narayanan, K. A. Phadke, K. M. Rotermund, J. S. Spilker, J. Sreevani

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We report the discovery and constrain the physical conditions of the interstellar medium of the highest-redshift millimeter-selected dusty star-forming galaxy to date, SPT-S J031132-5823.4 (hereafter SPT0311-58), at z = 6.900 ± 0.002. SPT0311-58 was discovered via its 1.4 mm thermal dust continuum emission in the South Pole Telescope (SPT)-SZ survey. The spectroscopic redshift was determined through an Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array 3 mm frequency scan that detected CO(6-5), CO(7-6), and [C I](2-1), and subsequently was confirmed by detections of CO(3-2) with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and [C II] with APEX. We constrain the properties of the ISM in SPT0311-58 with a radiative transfer analysis of the dust continuum photometry and the CO and [C I] line emission. This allows us to determine the gas content without ad hoc assumptions about gas mass scaling factors. SPT0311-58 is extremely massive, with an intrinsic gas mass of M_gas 3.3±1.9×10¹1 M. Its large mass and intense star formation is very rare for a source well into the epoch of reionization.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	L15
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	842
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa74b0
State	Published - Jun 20 2017

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Early universe
Galaxies: high-redshift
Galaxies: star formation

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Space and Planetary Science

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Strandet, M. L., Weiss, A., Breuck, C. D., Marrone, D. P., Vieira, J. D., Aravena, M., Ashby, M. L. N., Béthermin, M., Bothwell, M. S., Bradford, C. M., Carlstrom, J. E., Chapman, S. C., Cunningham, D. J. M., Chen, C. C., Fassnacht, C. D., Gonzalez, A. H., Greve, T. R., Gullberg, B., Hayward, C. C., ... Sreevani, J. (2017). ISM Properties of a Massive Dusty Star-forming Galaxy Discovered at z ∼ 7. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 842(2), Article L15. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa74b0

Strandet, ML, Weiss, A, Breuck, CD, Marrone, DP, Vieira, JD, Aravena, M, Ashby, MLN, Béthermin, M, Bothwell, MS, Bradford, CM, Carlstrom, JE, Chapman, SC, Cunningham, DJM, Chen, CC, Fassnacht, CD, Gonzalez, AH, Greve, TR, Gullberg, B, Hayward, CC, Hezaveh, Y, Litke, K, Ma, J, Malkan, M, Menten, KM, Miller, T, Murphy, EJ, Narayanan, D, Phadke, KA, Rotermund, KM, Spilker, JS & Sreevani, J 2017, 'ISM Properties of a Massive Dusty Star-forming Galaxy Discovered at z ∼ 7', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 842, no. 2, L15. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa74b0

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