Discovery of molecular gas fueling galaxy growth in a protocluster at z=1.7. D'Amato, Q., Gilli, R., Prandoni, I., Vignali, C., Massardi, M., Mignoli, M., Cucciati, O., Morishita, T., Decarli, R., Brusa, M., Calura, F., Balmaverde, B., Chiaberge, M., Liuzzo, E., Nanni, R., Peca, A., Pensabene, A., Tozzi, P., & Norman, C. arXiv e-prints, 2008:arXiv:2008.13665, August, 2020.
Discovery of molecular gas fueling galaxy growth in a protocluster at z=1.7 [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Based on ALMA Band 3 observations of the CO(2-1) line transition, we report the discovery of three new gas-rich (M_H2 \textasciitilde 1.5-4.8 x 10\textasciicircum10 M_sun, SFRs in the range \textasciitilde5-100 M_sun/yr) galaxies in an overdense region at z=1.7, that already contains eight spectroscopically confirmed members. This leads to a total of 11 confirmed overdensity members, within a projected distance of \textasciitilde 1.15 Mpc and in a redshift range of Dz = 0.012. Under simple assumptions, we estimate that the system has a total mass of \textgreater= 3-6 x 10\textasciicircum13 M_sun, and show that it will likely evolve into a \textgreater\textasciitilde 10\textasciicircum14 M_sun cluster at z = 0. The overdensity includes a powerful Compton-thick Fanaroff-Riley type II (FRII) radio-galaxy, around which we discovered a large molecular gas reservoir (M_H2 \textasciitilde 2 x 10\textasciicircum11 M_sun). We fitted the FRII resolved CO emission with a 2-D Gaussian model with major (minor) axis of \textasciitilde 27 (\textasciitilde 17) kpc, that is a factor of \textasciitilde3 larger than the optical rest-frame emission. Under the assumption of a simple edge-on disk morphology, we find that the galaxy interstellar medium produces a column density towards the nucleus of \textasciitilde 5.5 x 10\textasciicircum23 cm\textasciicircum-2. Such a dense ISM may then contribute significantly to the total nuclear obscuration measured in the X-rays (N_(H,X) \textasciitilde 1.5 x 10\textasciicircum24 cm\textasciicircum-2) in addition to a small, pc-scale absorber around the central engine. The velocity map of this source unveils a rotational motion of the gas that is perpendicular to the radio-jets. The FRII is located at the center of the projected spatial distribution of the structure members, and its velocity offset from the peak of the redshift distribution is well within the structure's velocity dispersion. All this, coupled with the large amount of gas around the FRII, its stellar mass of \textasciitilde 3 x 10\textasciicircum11 M_sun, SFR of \textasciitilde 200-600 M_sun/yr, and powerful radio-to-X-ray emission, suggests that this source is the likely progenitor of the future brightest cluster galaxy.
@article{damato_discovery_2020,
	title = {Discovery of molecular gas fueling galaxy growth in a protocluster at z=1.7},
	volume = {2008},
	url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200813665D},
	abstract = {Based on ALMA Band 3 observations of the CO(2-1) line transition, we report the discovery of three new gas-rich (M\_H2 {\textasciitilde} 1.5-4.8 x 10{\textasciicircum}10 M\_sun, SFRs in the range {\textasciitilde}5-100 M\_sun/yr) galaxies in an overdense region at z=1.7, that already contains eight spectroscopically confirmed members. This leads to a total of 11 confirmed overdensity members, within a projected distance of {\textasciitilde} 1.15 Mpc and in a redshift range of Dz = 0.012. Under simple assumptions, we estimate that the system has a total mass of {\textgreater}= 3-6 x 10{\textasciicircum}13 M\_sun, and show that it will likely evolve into a {\textgreater}{\textasciitilde} 10{\textasciicircum}14 M\_sun cluster at z = 0. The overdensity
includes a powerful Compton-thick Fanaroff-Riley type II (FRII)
radio-galaxy, around which we discovered a large molecular gas reservoir (M\_H2 {\textasciitilde} 2 x 10{\textasciicircum}11 M\_sun). We fitted the FRII resolved CO emission with a 2-D Gaussian model with major (minor) axis of {\textasciitilde} 27 ({\textasciitilde} 17) kpc, that is a factor of {\textasciitilde}3 larger than the optical rest-frame emission. Under the assumption of a simple edge-on disk morphology, we find that the galaxy interstellar medium produces a column density towards the nucleus of {\textasciitilde} 5.5 x 10{\textasciicircum}23 cm{\textasciicircum}-2. Such a dense ISM may then contribute significantly to the total nuclear obscuration measured in the X-rays (N\_(H,X) {\textasciitilde} 1.5 x 10{\textasciicircum}24 cm{\textasciicircum}-2) in addition to a small, pc-scale absorber around the central engine. The velocity map of this source unveils a rotational motion of the gas that is perpendicular to the radio-jets. The FRII is located at the center of the projected spatial distribution of the structure members, and its velocity offset from the peak of the redshift distribution is well within the structure's velocity dispersion. All this, coupled with the large amount of gas around the FRII, its stellar mass of {\textasciitilde} 3 x 10{\textasciicircum}11 M\_sun, SFR of {\textasciitilde} 200-600 M\_sun/yr, and powerful radio-to-X-ray emission, suggests that this source is the likely progenitor of the future brightest cluster galaxy.},
	urldate = {2020-09-02},
	journal = {arXiv e-prints},
	author = {D'Amato, Q. and Gilli, R. and Prandoni, I. and Vignali, C. and Massardi, M. and Mignoli, M. and Cucciati, O. and Morishita, T. and Decarli, R. and Brusa, M. and Calura, F. and Balmaverde, B. and Chiaberge, M. and Liuzzo, E. and Nanni, R. and Peca, A. and Pensabene, A. and Tozzi, P. and Norman, C.},
	month = aug,
	year = {2020},
	keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
	pages = {arXiv:2008.13665},
}

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