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Molecular CO(1-0) gas in the z~2 radio galaxy MRC 0152-209 | B. H. C. Emonts
; I. Feain
; M. Y. Mao
; R. P. Norris
; G. Miley
; R. D. Ekers
; M. Villar-Martin
; H. J. A. Rottgering
; E. M. Sadler
; G. Rees
; R. Morganti
; D. J. Saikia
; T. A. Oosterloo
; J. B. Stevens
; C. N. Tadhunter
; | Date: |
4 May 2011 | Abstract: | We report the detection of molecular CO(1-0) gas in the high-z radio galaxy
MRC 0152-209 (z = 1.92) with the Australia Telescope Compact Array Broadband
Backend (ATCA/CABB). This is the third known detection of CO(1-0) in a high-z
radio galaxy to date. CO(1-0) is the most robust tracer of the overall
molecular gas content (including the wide-spread, low-density and subthermally
excited component), hence observations of CO(1-0) are crucial for studying
galaxy evolution in the Early Universe. We derive L’(CO) = (6.6 +- 2.0) x 10^10
K km/s pc^2 for MRC 0152-209, which is comparable to that derived from CO(1-0)
observations of several high-z submillimetre and starforming BzK galaxies. The
CO(1-0) traces a total molecular hydrogen mass of M(H2) = 5 x 10^10
(alpha_x/0.8) Msun. MRC 0152-209 is an infra-red bright radio galaxy, in which
a large reservoir of cold molecular gas has not (yet) been depleted by star
formation or radio source feedback. Its compact radio source is reliably
detected at 40 GHz and has a steep spectral index of alpha = -1.3 between 1.4
and 40 GHz (4-115 GHz in the galaxy’s rest-frame). MRC 0152-209 is part of an
ongoing systematic ATCA/CABB survey of CO(1-0) in high-z radio galaxies between
1.7 < z < 3. | Source: | arXiv, 1105.0739 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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