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| DOI | 10.1086/591931 | ||||
| Año | 2008 | ||||
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We present high-resolution submillimeter interferometric imaging of two of the brightest high-redshift submillimeter galaxies known: GN 20 and AzTEC1 at 0.8 '' and 0.3 '' resolution, respectively. Our data-the highest resolution submillimeter imaging of high-redshift sources accomplished to date-were collected in three different array configurations: compact, extended, and very extended. We derive angular sizes of 0.6 '' and 1.0 '' for GN 20 and 0.3 '' and 0.4 '' for AzTEC1 from modeling their visibility functions as a Gaussian and an elliptical disk, respectively. Because both sources are B-band dropouts, they likely lie within a relatively narrow redshift window around z similar to 4, which indicates their angular extent corresponds to physical scales of 4-8 and 1.5-3 kpc, respectively, for the star-burst region. By way of a series of simple assumptions, we find preliminary evidence that these hyperluminous starbursts-with star formation rates >1000 M-circle dot yr(-1)-are radiating at or close to their Eddington limit. Should future high-resolution observations indicate that these two objects are typical of a population of high-redshift Eddington-limited starbursts, this could have important consequences for models of star formation and feedback in extreme environments.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Younger, Joshua D. | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Fazio, Giovanni | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Wilner, David J. | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 4 | Ashby, M. L. N. | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 5 | Blundell, Raymond | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 6 | Gurwell, Mark | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | Huang, Jia-Sheng | - |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Iono, D. | Hombre |
Univ Tokyo - Japón
Natl Astron Observ Japan - Japón University of Tokyo - Japón National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Japón The University of Tokyo - Japón |
| 9 | Peck, Alison B. | - |
Atacama Large Millimeter Array - Chile
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| 10 | Petitpas, Glen R. | - |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
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| 11 | Scott, Kimberly S. | Mujer |
Univ Massachusetts - Estados Unidos
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Estados Unidos |
| 12 | Wilson, G. | Mujer |
Univ Massachusetts - Estados Unidos
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Estados Unidos |
| 13 | Yun, Min | Mujer |
Univ Massachusetts - Estados Unidos
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Estados Unidos |
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| Thanks to the anonymous referee for their helpful comments, and to T. J. Cox, Philip F. Hopkins, Lars Hernquist, Chris Hayward, Yeuxing Li, and Stephanie Bush for helpful discussions. We also thank the SMA operators, in particular Zach Gazak and Ryan Howie for their help executing these tracks in excellent conditions. The Submillimeter Array is a joint project between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and is funded by the Smithsonian Institution and the Academia Sinica. This work is supported in part by a grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation. |