Massive molecular gas reservoir in a luminous sub-millimeter galaxy during cosmic noon. Liu, B., Chartab, N., Nayyeri, H., Cooray, A., Yang, C., Riechers, D. A, Gurwell, M., Zhu, Z., Serjeant, S., Borsato, E., Negrello, M., Marchetti, L., Corsini, E. M., & van der Werf, P. Technical Report August, 2021. Publication Title: arXiv e-prints ADS Bibcode: 2021arXiv210813016L Type: article
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We present multi-band observations of an extremely dusty star-forming lensed galaxy (HERS1) at \$z=2.553\$. High-resolution maps of \textbackslashtextit\HST\/WFC3, SMA, and ALMA show a partial Einstein-ring with a radius of \${\textbackslash}sim\$3\${\textasciicircum}\{{\textbackslash}prime{\textbackslash}prime\}\$. The deeper HST observations also show the presence of a lensing arc feature associated with a second lens source, identified to be at the same redshift as the bright arc based on a detection of the [NII] 205\${\textbackslash}mu\$m emission line with ALMA. A detailed model of the lensing system is constructed using the high-resolution HST/WFC3 image, which allows us to study the source plane properties and connect rest-frame optical emission with properties of the galaxy as seen in sub-millimeter and millimeter wavelengths. Corrected for lensing magnification, the spectral energy distribution fitting results yield an intrinsic star formation rate of about \$1000{\textbackslash}pm260\$ \$\{{\textbackslash}rm M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\}\$yr\${\textasciicircum}\{-1\}\$, a stellar mass \$\{{\textbackslash}rm M_*\}=4.3{\textasciicircum}\{+2.2\}_\{-1.0\}{\textbackslash}times10{\textasciicircum}\{11\} \{{\textbackslash}rm M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\}\$, and a dust temperature \$\{{\textbackslash}rm T\}_\{{\textbackslash}rm d\}=35{\textasciicircum}\{+2\}_\{-1\}\$ K. The intrinsic CO emission line (\$J_\{{\textbackslash}rm up\}=3,4,5,6,7,9\$) flux densities and CO spectral line energy distribution are derived based on the velocity-dependent magnification factors. We apply a radiative transfer model using the large velocity gradient method with two excitation components to study the gas properties. The low-excitation component has a gas density \$n_\{{\textbackslash}rm H_2\}=10{\textasciicircum}\{3.1{\textbackslash}pm0.6\}\$ cm\${\textasciicircum}\{-3\}\$ and kinetic temperature \$\{{\textbackslash}rm T\}_\{{\textbackslash}rm k\}=19{\textasciicircum}\{+7\}_\{-5\}\$ K and a high-excitation component has \$n_\{{\textbackslash}rm H_2\}=10{\textasciicircum}\{2.8{\textbackslash}pm0.3\}\$ cm\${\textasciicircum}\{-3\}\$ and \$\{{\textbackslash}rm T\}_\{{\textbackslash}rm k\}=550{\textasciicircum}\{+260\}_\{-220\}\$ K. Additionally, HERS1 has a gas fraction of about \$0.4{\textbackslash}pm0.2\$ and is expected to last 250 Myr. These properties offer a detailed view of a typical sub-millimeter galaxy during the peak epoch of star-formation activity.
@techreport{2021arXiv210813016L,
	title = {Massive molecular gas reservoir in a luminous sub-millimeter galaxy during cosmic noon},
	url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210813016L},
	abstract = {We present multi-band observations of an extremely dusty star-forming lensed galaxy (HERS1) at \$z=2.553\$. High-resolution maps of {\textbackslash}textit\{HST\}/WFC3, SMA, and ALMA show a partial Einstein-ring with a radius of \${\textbackslash}sim\$3\${\textasciicircum}\{{\textbackslash}prime{\textbackslash}prime\}\$. The deeper HST observations also show the presence of a lensing arc feature associated with a second lens source, identified to be at the same redshift as the bright arc based on a detection of the [NII] 205\${\textbackslash}mu\$m emission line with ALMA. A detailed model of the lensing system is constructed using the high-resolution HST/WFC3 image, which allows us to study the source plane properties and connect rest-frame optical emission with properties of the galaxy as seen in sub-millimeter and millimeter wavelengths. Corrected for lensing magnification, the spectral energy distribution fitting results yield an intrinsic star formation rate of about \$1000{\textbackslash}pm260\$ \$\{{\textbackslash}rm M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\}\$yr\${\textasciicircum}\{-1\}\$, a stellar mass \$\{{\textbackslash}rm M\_*\}=4.3{\textasciicircum}\{+2.2\}\_\{-1.0\}{\textbackslash}times10{\textasciicircum}\{11\} \{{\textbackslash}rm M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\}\$, and a dust temperature \$\{{\textbackslash}rm T\}\_\{{\textbackslash}rm d\}=35{\textasciicircum}\{+2\}\_\{-1\}\$ K. The intrinsic CO emission line (\$J\_\{{\textbackslash}rm up\}=3,4,5,6,7,9\$) flux densities and CO spectral line energy distribution are derived based on the velocity-dependent magnification factors. We apply a radiative transfer model using the large velocity gradient method with two excitation components to study the gas properties. The low-excitation component has a gas density \$n\_\{{\textbackslash}rm H\_2\}=10{\textasciicircum}\{3.1{\textbackslash}pm0.6\}\$ cm\${\textasciicircum}\{-3\}\$ and kinetic temperature \$\{{\textbackslash}rm T\}\_\{{\textbackslash}rm k\}=19{\textasciicircum}\{+7\}\_\{-5\}\$ K and a high-excitation component has \$n\_\{{\textbackslash}rm H\_2\}=10{\textasciicircum}\{2.8{\textbackslash}pm0.3\}\$ cm\${\textasciicircum}\{-3\}\$ and \$\{{\textbackslash}rm T\}\_\{{\textbackslash}rm k\}=550{\textasciicircum}\{+260\}\_\{-220\}\$ K. Additionally, HERS1 has a gas fraction of about \$0.4{\textbackslash}pm0.2\$ and is expected to last 250 Myr. These properties offer a detailed view of a typical sub-millimeter galaxy during the peak epoch of star-formation activity.},
	urldate = {2021-09-07},
	author = {Liu, Bin and Chartab, N. and Nayyeri, H. and Cooray, A. and Yang, C. and Riechers, D. A and Gurwell, M. and Zhu, Zong-hong and Serjeant, S. and Borsato, E. and Negrello, M. and Marchetti, L. and Corsini, E. M. and van der Werf, P.},
	month = aug,
	year = {2021},
	note = {Publication Title: arXiv e-prints
ADS Bibcode: 2021arXiv210813016L
Type: article},
	keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
}

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