The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey
We present [C II] observations of 20 strongly lensed dusty star-forming galaxies at 2.1 < z < 5.7 using Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment and Herschel. The sources were selected on their 1.4 mm flux (S1.4mm > 20 mJy) from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) survey, with far-infrared (FIR) luminositi...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt2v91040f 2023-05-15T18:22:57+02:00 The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey Gullberg, B De Breuck, C Vieira, JD Weiß, A Aguirre, JE Aravena, M Béthermin, M Bradford, CM Bothwell, MS Carlstrom, JE Chapman, SC Fassnacht, CD Gonzalez, AH Greve, TR Hezaveh, Y Holzapfel, WL Husband, K Ma, J Malkan, M Marrone, DP Menten, K Murphy, EJ Reichardt, CL Spilker, JS Stark, AA Strandet, M Welikala, N 2883 - 2900 2015-05-21 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2v91040f unknown eScholarship, University of California qt2v91040f https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2v91040f public Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 449, iss 3 galaxies: high-redshift galaxies: ISM galaxies: starburst infrared: galaxies submillimetre: galaxies astro-ph.GA Astronomical and Space Sciences Astronomy & Astrophysics article 2015 ftcdlib 2021-06-20T14:23:20Z We present [C II] observations of 20 strongly lensed dusty star-forming galaxies at 2.1 < z < 5.7 using Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment and Herschel. The sources were selected on their 1.4 mm flux (S1.4mm > 20 mJy) from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) survey, with far-infrared (FIR) luminosities determined from extensive photometric data. The [CII] line is robustly detected in 17 sources, all but one being spectrally resolved. 11 out of 20 sources observed in [C II] also have low-J CO detections from Australia Telescope Compact Array. A comparison with mid- and high-J CO lines from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array reveals consistent [C II] and CO velocity profiles, suggesting that there is little differential lensing between these species. The [C II], low-J CO and FIR data allow us to constrain the properties of the interstellar medium. We find [C II] to CO(1-0) luminosity ratios in the SPT sample of 5200 ± 1800, with significantly less scatter than in other samples. This line ratio can be best described by a medium of [C II] and CO emitting gas with a higher [C II] than CO excitation temperature, high CO optical depth τ CO(1-0) ≫ 1, and low to moderate [CII] optical depth τ[C II]≲ 1. The geometric structure of photodissociation regions allows for such conditions. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole University of California: eScholarship South Pole |
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galaxies: high-redshift galaxies: ISM galaxies: starburst infrared: galaxies submillimetre: galaxies astro-ph.GA Astronomical and Space Sciences Astronomy & Astrophysics Gullberg, B De Breuck, C Vieira, JD Weiß, A Aguirre, JE Aravena, M Béthermin, M Bradford, CM Bothwell, MS Carlstrom, JE Chapman, SC Fassnacht, CD Gonzalez, AH Greve, TR Hezaveh, Y Holzapfel, WL Husband, K Ma, J Malkan, M Marrone, DP Menten, K Murphy, EJ Reichardt, CL Spilker, JS Stark, AA Strandet, M Welikala, N The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey |
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We present [C II] observations of 20 strongly lensed dusty star-forming galaxies at 2.1 < z < 5.7 using Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment and Herschel. The sources were selected on their 1.4 mm flux (S1.4mm > 20 mJy) from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) survey, with far-infrared (FIR) luminosities determined from extensive photometric data. The [CII] line is robustly detected in 17 sources, all but one being spectrally resolved. 11 out of 20 sources observed in [C II] also have low-J CO detections from Australia Telescope Compact Array. A comparison with mid- and high-J CO lines from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array reveals consistent [C II] and CO velocity profiles, suggesting that there is little differential lensing between these species. The [C II], low-J CO and FIR data allow us to constrain the properties of the interstellar medium. We find [C II] to CO(1-0) luminosity ratios in the SPT sample of 5200 ± 1800, with significantly less scatter than in other samples. This line ratio can be best described by a medium of [C II] and CO emitting gas with a higher [C II] than CO excitation temperature, high CO optical depth τ CO(1-0) ≫ 1, and low to moderate [CII] optical depth τ[C II]≲ 1. The geometric structure of photodissociation regions allows for such conditions. |
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Gullberg, B De Breuck, C Vieira, JD Weiß, A Aguirre, JE Aravena, M Béthermin, M Bradford, CM Bothwell, MS Carlstrom, JE Chapman, SC Fassnacht, CD Gonzalez, AH Greve, TR Hezaveh, Y Holzapfel, WL Husband, K Ma, J Malkan, M Marrone, DP Menten, K Murphy, EJ Reichardt, CL Spilker, JS Stark, AA Strandet, M Welikala, N |
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Gullberg, B De Breuck, C Vieira, JD Weiß, A Aguirre, JE Aravena, M Béthermin, M Bradford, CM Bothwell, MS Carlstrom, JE Chapman, SC Fassnacht, CD Gonzalez, AH Greve, TR Hezaveh, Y Holzapfel, WL Husband, K Ma, J Malkan, M Marrone, DP Menten, K Murphy, EJ Reichardt, CL Spilker, JS Stark, AA Strandet, M Welikala, N |
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The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey |
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The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey |
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The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey |
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The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey |
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The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey |
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nature of the [c ii] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the spt survey |
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