Browsing by Author "van der Werf, Paul"

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    ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey: ALMA-Herschel Joint Study of Lensed Dusty Star-forming Galaxies across z ≃ 0.5-6
    (2022) Sun, Fengwu; Egami, Eiichi; Fujimoto, Seiji; Rawle, Timothy; Bauer, Franz E.; Kohno, Kotaro; Smail, Ian; Perez-Gonzalez, Pablo G.; Ao, Yiping; Chapman, Scott C.; Combes, Francoise; Dessauges-Zavadsky, Miroslava; Espada, Daniel; Gonzalez-Lopez, Jorge; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Kokorev, Vasily; Lee, Minju M.; Morokuma-Matsui, Kana; Munoz Arancibia, Alejandra M.; Oguri, Masamune; Pello, Roser; Ueda, Yoshihiro; Uematsu, Ryosuke; Valentino, Francesco; van der Werf, Paul; Walth, Gregory L.; Zemcov, Michael; Zitrin, Adi
    We present an ALMA-Herschel joint analysis of sources detected by the ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey (ALCS) at 1.15 mm. Herschel/PACS and SPIRE data at 100-500 mu m are deblended for 180 ALMA sources in 33 lensing cluster fields that are detected either securely (141 sources; in our main sample) or tentatively at S/N >= 4 with cross-matched HST/Spitzer counterparts, down to a delensed 1.15 mm flux density of similar to 0.02 mJy. We performed far-infrared spectral energy distribution modeling and derived the physical properties of dusty star formation for 125 sources (109 independently) that are detected at >2 sigma in at least one Herschel band. A total of 27 secure ALCS sources are not detected in any Herschel bands, including 17 optical/near-IR-dark sources that likely reside at z = 4.2 +/- 1.2. The 16th, 50th, and 84th percentiles of the redshift distribution are 1.15, 2.08, and 3.59, respectively, for ALCS sources in the main sample, suggesting an increasing fraction of z similar or equal to 1 - 2 galaxies among fainter millimeter sources (f(1150) similar to 0.1 mJy). With a median lensing magnification factor of mu = 2.6(-0.8)(+2.6), ALCS sources in the main sample exhibit a median intrinsic star formation rate of 94(-54)(+84) M-circle dot yr(-1), lower than that of conventional submillimeter galaxies at similar redshifts by a factor of similar to 3. Our study suggests weak or no redshift evolution of dust temperature with L-IR < 10(12) L-circle dot galaxies within our sample at z similar or equal to 0 - 2. At L-IR > 10(12) L-circle dot, the dust temperatures show no evolution across z similar or equal to 1-4 while being lower than those in the local universe. For the highest-redshift source in our sample (z = 6.07), we can rule out an extreme dust temperature (>80 K) that was reported for MACS0416 Y1 at z = 8.31.
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    Kiloparsec-scale Imaging of the CO(1-0)-traced Cold Molecular Gas Reservoir in a z ∼ 3.4 Submillimeter Galaxy
    (2022) Castillo, Marta Frias; Rybak, Matus; Hodge, Jacqueline; van der Werf, Paul; Riechers, Dominik A.; Vieira, Daniel; Rivera, Gabriela Calistro; Martinez-Ramirez, Laura N.; Walter, Fabian; de Blok, Erwin; Narayanan, Desika; Wagg, Jeff
    We present a high-resolution study of the cold molecular gas as traced by CO(1-0) in the unlensed z similar to 3.4 submillimeter galaxy SMM J13120+4242, using multiconfiguration observations with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA). The gas reservoir, imaged on 0 ''.39 (similar to 3 kpc) scales, is resolved into two components separated by similar to 11 kpc with a total extent of 16 +/- 3 kpc. Despite the large spatial extent of the reservoir, the observations show a CO(1-0) FWHM linewidth of only 267 +/- 64 km s(-1). We derive a revised line luminosity of LCO(1-0)' = (10 +/- 3) x 10(10) K km s(-1) pc(2) and a molecular gas mass of M-gas = (13 +/- 3)x 10(10) (alpha(CO)/1) M-circle dot. Despite the presence of a velocity gradient (consistent with previous resolved CO(6-5) imaging), the CO(1-0) imaging shows evidence for significant turbulent motions that are preventing the gas from fully settling into a disk. The system likely represents a merger in an advanced stage. Although the dynamical mass is highly uncertain, we use it to place an upper limit on the CO-to-H-2 mass conversion factor a alpha(CO) of 1.4. We revisit the SED fitting, finding that this galaxy lies on the very massive end of the main sequence at z = 3.4. Based on the low gas fraction, short gas depletion time, and evidence for a central AGN, we propose that SMM J13120 is in a rapid transitional phase between a merger-driven starburst and an unobscured quasar. The case of SMM J13120 highlights how mergers may drive important physical changes in galaxies without pushing them off the main sequence.
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    Measuring the Average Molecular Gas Content of Star-forming Galaxies at z=3-4
    (2021) Boogaard, Leindert A.; Bouwens, Rychard J.; Riechers, Dominik; van der Werf, Paul; Bacon, Roland; Matthee, Jorryt; Stefanon, Mauro; Feltre, Anna; Maseda, Michael; Inami, Hanae; Aravena, Manuel; Brinchmann, Jarle; Carilli, Chris; Contini, Thierry; Decarli, Roberto; Gonzalez-Lopez, Jorge; Nanayakkara, Themiya; Walter, Fabian
    We study the molecular gas content of 24 star-forming galaxies at z = 3-4, with a median stellar mass of 10(9.1) M-circle dot, from the MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) Survey. Selected by their Ly alpha lambda 1216 emission and H (F160W)-band magnitude, the galaxies show an average < EWLy alpha 0 > approximate to 20 angstrom, below the typical selection threshold for Ly alpha emitters (EWLy alpha 0 > 25 angstrom), and a rest-frame UV spectrum similar to Lyman-break galaxies. We use rest-frame optical spectroscopy from KMOS and MOSFIRE, and the UV features observed with MUSE, to determine the systemic redshifts, which are offset from Ly alpha by = 346 km s(-1), with a 100 to 600 km s(-1) range. Stacking (CO)-C-12 J = 4 -> 3 and [C I]P-3(1) -> P-3(0) (and higher-J CO lines) from the ALMA Spectroscopic Survey of the HUDF, we determine 3 sigma upper limits on the line luminosities of 4.0 x 10(8) K km s(-1)pc(2) and 5.6 x 10(8) K km s(-1)pc(2), respectively (for a 300 km s(-1) line width). Stacking the 1.2 mm and 3 mm dust-continuum flux densities, we find a 3 sigma upper limits of 9 mu Jy and 1.2 mu Jy, respectively. The inferred gas fractions, under the assumption of a "Galactic" CO-to-H-2 conversion factor and gas-to-dust ratio, are in tension with previously determined scaling relations. This implies a substantially higher alpha(CO) >= 10 and delta(GDR) >= 1200, consistent with the subsolar metallicity estimated for these galaxies (12 + log(O/H) approximate to 7.8 +/- 0.2). The low metallicity of z >= 3 star-forming galaxies may thus make it very challenging to unveil their cold gas through CO or dust emission, warranting further exploration of alternative tracers, such as [C II].