Title
A Radio-to-mm Census of Star-forming Galaxies in Protocluster 4C23.56 at Z = 2.5: Gas Mass and Its Fraction Revealed with ALMA
Date Issued
10 June 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Lee M.M.
Tanaka I.
Kawabe R.
Kohno K.
Kodama T.
Kajisawa M.
Yun M.S.
Nakanishi K.
Iono D.
Tamura Y.
Hatsukade B.
Umehata H.
Saito T.
Izumi T.
Aretxaga I.
Tadaki K.I.
Ikarashi S.
Wilson G.W.
Hughes D.H.
Ivison R.J.
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
We investigate gas contents of star-forming galaxies associated with protocluster 4C23.56 at z = 2.49 by using the redshifted CO (3-2) and 1.1 mm dust continuum with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The observations unveil seven CO detections out of 22 targeted Hα emitters (HAEs) and four out of 19 in 1.1 mm dust continuum. They have high stellar mass (M∗ > 4 × 1010 Mo) and exhibit a specific star-formation rate typical of main-sequence star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 2.5. Different gas-mass estimators from CO (3-2) and 1.1 mm yield consistent values for simultaneous detections. The gas mass (Mgas) and gas fraction (fgas) are comparable to those of field galaxies, with Mgas = [0.3, 1.8] × 1011 × (αco/4.36 × A(Z))) M⊙, where αco is the CO-to-H2 conversion factor and A(Z) is the additional correction factor for the metallicity dependence of αco, and fgas = 0.53 ± 0.07 from CO (3-2). Our measurements place a constraint on the cosmic gas density of high-z protoclusters, indicating that the protocluster is characterized by a gas density higher than that of the general fields by an order of magnitude. We found p(H2) ∼ 5 × 109 M⊙ Mpc-3 with the CO(3-2) detections. The five ALMA CO detections occur in the region of highest galaxy surface density, where the density positively correlates with global star-forming efficiency (SFE) and stellar mass. Such correlations possibly indicate a critical role of the environment on early galaxy evolution at high-z protoclusters, though future observations are necessary for confirmation.
Volume
842
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85021063225
Source
Astrophysical Journal
ISSN of the container
0004637X
Sponsor(s)
This paper makes use of the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2012.1.00242.S. ALMA is a partnership of ESO (representing its member states), NSF (USA), and NINS (Japan), together with NRC (Canada) and NSC and ASIAA (Taiwan) and KASI (Republic of Korea), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. The Joint ALMA Observatory is operated by ESO, AUI/NRAO, and NAOJ. M.L. was supported by the ALMA Japan Research Grant of NAOJ Chile Observatory, NAOJ-ALMA-169. M.L. and T.S. were financially supported by a Research Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists. R.K. and Y.T. were supported by a JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Number 15H02073.
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