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ALMA multiline survey of the ISM in two quasar host-companion galaxy pairs at <i>z</i> &gt; 6
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WoS WOS:000683963000008
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85112761020
DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/202039696
Año 2021
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Abstract



We present a multiline survey of the interstellar medium (ISM) in two z >6 quasar host galaxies, PJ231-20 (z = 6.59) and PJ308-21 (z = 6.23), and their two companion galaxies. Observations were carried out using the Atacama Large (sub-)Millimeter Array (ALMA). We targeted 11 transitions including atomic fine-structure lines (FSLs) and molecular lines: [NII](205 mu m), [CI](369 mu m), CO (J(up) = 7, 10, 15, 16), H2O 3(12) - 2(21), 3(21) - 3(12), 3(03) - 2(12), and the OH163;mu m doublet. The underlying far-infrared (FIR) continuum samples the Rayleigh-Jeans tail of the respective dust emission. By combining this information with our earlier ALMA [CII](158 mu m) observations, we explored the effects of star formation and black hole feedback on the ISM of the galaxies using the CLOUDY radiative transfer models. We estimated dust masses, spectral indexes, IR luminosities, and star-formation rates from the FIR continuum. The analysis of the FSLs indicates that the [CII](158 mu m) and [CI](36 mu m) emission arises predominantly from the neutral medium in photodissociation regions (PDRs). We find that line deficits agree with those of local luminous IR galaxies. The CO spectral line energy distributions (SLEDs) reveal significant high-J CO excitation in both quasar hosts. Our CO SLED modeling of the quasar PJ231-20 shows that PDRs dominate the molecular mass and CO luminosities for J(up) <= 7, while the J(up) >= 10 CO emission is likely driven by X-ray dissociation regions produced by the active galactic nucleus (AGN) at the very center of the quasar host. The J(up) >10 lines are undetected in the other galaxies in our study. The H2O 3(21) - 3(12) line detection in the same quasar places this object on the LH2O - L-TIR relation found for low-z sources, thus suggesting that this water vapor transition is predominantly excited by IR pumping. Models of the H2O SLED and of the H2O-to-OH163 mu m ratio point to PDR contributions with high volume and column density (n(H) similar to 0.8 x 10(5) cm(-3), N-H = 10(24) cm(-2)) in an intense radiation field. Our analysis suggests a less highly excited medium in the companion galaxies. However, the current data do not allow us to definitively rule out an AGN in these sources, as suggested by previous studies of the same objects. This work demonstrates the power of multiline studies of FIR diagnostics in order to dissect the physical conditions in the first massive galaxies emerging from cosmic dawn.

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Astronomy & Astrophysics 0004-6361

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1 Pensabene, A. Hombre Alma Mater Studiorum Univ Bologna - Italia
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna - Italia
2 Decarli, Roberto Hombre INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia
3 BANADOS-TORRES, EDUARDO ENRIQUE Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
4 Venemans, B. P. Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
5 Walter, Fabian Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Natl Radio Astron Observ - Estados Unidos
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro - Estados Unidos
ESO - Chile
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
European Southern Observ - Chile
6 Bertoldi, Frank Hombre UNIV BONN - Alemania
Universität Bonn - Alemania
7 Fan, Xiaohui - UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos
8 Farina, Emanuele P. Hombre Max Planck Inst Astrophys - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
9 Li, Jianan - Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China
10 Walter, Fabian Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Natl Radio Astron Observ - Estados Unidos
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro - Estados Unidos
ESO - Chile
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
European Southern Observ - Chile
11 Hooton, Matthew J. Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
12 Riechers, Dominik Hombre CORNELL UNIV - Estados Unidos
Cornell University - Estados Unidos
13 Rix, H. -W. Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
14 Lupi, Alessandro Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
15 Wang, R. - Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China
16 Weiß, Axel Hombre Max Planck Inst Radioastron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy - Alemania
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
17 Yang, Jinyi - UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos
18 Yang, Y. - Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst - Corea del Sur
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute - Corea del Sur

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Fuente
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National science foundation of China
National Key R&D Program of China
National Science Foundation
National Key Research and Development Program of China
US NSF
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
ERC
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Engineering Research Centers

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Agradecimiento
We thank the anonymous referee for the useful comments that significantly improve the paper. This paper makes use of the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2015.1.01115.S, ADS/JAO.ALMA#2017.1.00139.S, ADS/JAO.ALMA#2019.1.00147.S. ALMA is a partnership of ESO (representing its member states), NSF (USA) and NINS (Japan), together with NRC (Canada), MOST 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. MN and BV acknowledge support from the ERC Advanced Grant 740246 (Cosmic Gas). XF and JY acknowledge the supports from the US NSF grant AST 15-15115 and AST 19-08284. DR acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation under grant numbers AST-1614213 and AST-1910107. DR also acknowledges support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. RWacknowledges supports from the National Science Foundation of China (11721303, 11991052) and the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFA0400703). This research made use of Astropy (http://www.astropy.org), a community-developed core Python package for Astronomy (Astropy Collaboration 2013, 2018), and Matplotlib (Hunter 2007).
Acknowledgements. We thank the anonymous referee for the useful comments that significantly improve the paper. This paper makes use of the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2015.1.01115.S, ADS/JAO.ALMA# 2017.1.00139.S, ADS/JAO.ALMA#2019.1.00147.S. ALMA is a partnership of ESO (representing its member states), NSF (USA) and NINS (Japan), together with NRC (Canada), MOST 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. MN and BV acknowledge support from the ERC Advanced Grant 740246 (Cosmic Gas). XF and JY acknowledge the supports from the US NSF grant AST 15-15115 and AST 19-08284. DR acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation under grant numbers AST-1614213 and AST-1910107. DR also acknowledges support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. RW acknowledges supports from the National Science Foundation of China (11721303, 11991052) and the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFA0400703). This research made use of Astropy (http://www.astropy.org), a community-developed core Python package for Astronomy (Astropy Collaboration 2013, 2018), and Matplotlib (Hunter 2007).

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