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JVLA imaging of 12CO J=1-0 and free-free emission in lensed submillimetre galaxies | | A. P. Thomson
; R. J. Ivison
; Ian Smail
; A. M. Swinbank
; A. Weiss
; J.-P. Kneib
; P. P. Papadopoulos
; A. J. Baker
; C. E. Sharon
; G. A. van Moorsel
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2 Jul 2012 | | Abstract: | We present a study using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array of 12CO J=1-0
emission in three strongly lensed submillimetre-selected galaxies (SMMJ16359,
SMMJ14009 and SMMJ02399) at z=2.5-2.9. These galaxies span L(IR) = 10^11 -
10^13 Lsun, offering an opportunity to compare the interstellar medium of LIRGs
and ULIRGs at high redshift. We estimate molecular gas masses in the range
(2-40) x 10^9 Msun using a method that assumes canonical underlying brightness
temperature ratios for star-forming and non-star-forming gas phases and a
maximal star-formation efficiency. A more simplistic method using X(CO) = 0.8
yields gas masses twice as high. The observed CO(3-2)/CO(1-0) brightness
temperature ratio for SMMJ14009, r(3-2)/(1-0) = (0.95 pm 0.12), is indicative
of warm star-forming gas, possibly influenced by the central AGN. We search for
12CO(1-0) emission in the Lyman-break galaxy, A2218 #384, located at z=2.517 in
the same field as SMMJ16359, and assign a 3-sigma gas mass limit of <6 x 10^8
Msun. We use rest-frame 115-GHz free-free flux densities in SMMJ14009 and
SMMJ02399 - measurements tied directly to the photionisation rate of massive
stars and made possible by JVLA’s bandwidth - to estimate star-formation rates
of 400-600 Msun/yr and to estimate the fraction of L(IR) due to the AGN. | | Source: | arXiv, 1207.0492 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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