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| DOI | 10.1051/0004-6361/202142871 | ||||
| Año | 2022 | ||||
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We investigate the molecular gas content of ∼ 6 quasar host galaxies using the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique Northern Extended Millimeter Array. We targeted the 3 mm dust continuum, and the line emission from CO(6-5), CO(7-6), and [C-I]21 in ten infrared-luminous quasars that have been previously studied in their 1 mm dust continuum and [C-II] line emission. We detected CO(7-6) at various degrees of significance in all the targeted sources, thus doubling the number of such detections in ∼ 6 quasars. The 3 mm to 1 mm flux density ratios are consistent with a modified black body spectrum with a dust temperature Tdust-47 K and an optical depth ν=0.2 at the [C-II] frequency. Our study provides us with four independent ways to estimate the molecular gas mass, MH2, in the targeted quasars. This allows us to set constraints on various parameters used in the derivation of molecular gas mass estimates, such as the mass per luminosity ratios αCO and α[CII], the gas-to-dust mass ratio δg/d, and the carbon abundance [C]/H2. Leveraging either on the dust, CO, [C-I], or [C-II] emission yields mass estimates of the entire sample in the range MH2-1010-1011 M. We compared the observed luminosities of dust, [C-II], [C-I], and CO(7-6) with predictions from photo-dissociation and X-ray dominated regions. We find that the former provide better model fits to our data, assuming that the bulk of the emission arises from dense (nH>104 cm3) clouds with a column density NH-1023 cm2, exposed to a radiation field with an intensity of G0-103 (in Habing units). Our analysis reiterates the presence of massive reservoirs of molecular gas fueling star formation and nuclear accretion in ∼ 6 quasar host galaxies. It also highlights the power of combined 3 mm and 1 mm observations for quantitative studies of the dense gas content in massive galaxies at cosmic dawn.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Decarli, Roberto | Hombre |
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna - Italia |
| 2 | Pensabene, A. | Hombre |
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna - Italia Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Italia INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna - Italia UNIV BOLOGNA - Italia Univ Milano Bicocca - Italia |
| 3 | Venemans, B. P. | Hombre |
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
Sterrewacht Leiden - Países Bajos Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania Leiden Univ - Países Bajos |
| 4 | Walter, Fabian | Hombre |
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro - Estados Unidos Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile Pete V Domen Array Sci Ctr - Estados Unidos ESO - Chile European Southern Observ - Chile |
| 5 | BANADOS-TORRES, EDUARDO ENRIQUE | Hombre |
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania |
| 6 | Bertoldi, Frank | Hombre |
Universität Bonn - Alemania
UNIV BONN - Alemania |
| 7 | Carilli, Chris | Hombre |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro - Estados Unidos
Pete V Domen Array Sci Ctr - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Rix, H. -W. | Hombre |
Sorbonne Université - Francia
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris - Francia UPMC Univ Paris 6 - Francia CNRS - Francia Inst Astrophys Paris - Francia |
| 9 | Fan, Xiaohui | - |
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos |
| 10 | Farina, Emanuele P. | Hombre |
Gemini Observatory - Estados Unidos
NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos |
| 11 | Ferkinhoff, C. | Hombre |
Winona State University - Estados Unidos
Winona State Univ - Estados Unidos |
| 12 | Groves, B. | Hombre |
The University of Western Australia - Australia
The Australian National University - Australia Univ Western Australia - Australia Australian Natl Univ - Australia |
| 13 | Li, Jianan | - |
Peking University - China
Tsinghua University - China Peking Univ - China Tsinghua Univ - China |
| 14 | Walter, Fabian | Hombre |
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro - Estados Unidos Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile Pete V Domen Array Sci Ctr - Estados Unidos ESO - Chile European Southern Observ - Chile |
| 15 | Neri, Roberto | Hombre |
IRAM Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique - Francia
Inst Radioastron Millimetr IRAM - Francia |
| 16 | Riechers, Dominik | Hombre |
Cornell University - Estados Unidos
CORNELL UNIV - Estados Unidos |
| 17 | Uzgil, Bade | - |
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos
CALTECH - Estados Unidos |
| 18 | Wang, Feige | Mujer |
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos |
| 19 | Wang, Ran | - |
Peking University - China
Peking Univ - China |
| 20 | Weiß, Axel | Hombre |
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy - Alemania
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania Max Planck Inst Radioastron - Alemania Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania |
| 21 | Winters, J. M. | Hombre |
IRAM Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique - Francia
Inst Radioastron Millimetr IRAM - Francia |
| 22 | Yang, Jinyi | - |
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos |
| Fuente |
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| National Science Foundation |
| European Union |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| European Research Council |
| Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| INSU/CNRS (France) |
| MPG (Germany) |
| IGN (Spain) |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme |
| ERC Advanced Grant |
| INSU |
| Collaborative Research Centre 956, sub-project A01 by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| Agradecimiento |
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| Acknowledgements. We are grateful to the referee for their useful and thorough report that helped to improve the manuscript. This work is based on observations carried out under project numbers S052, X04D, S15DA, S17CD, S18DM, S19DM with the IRAM NOEMA Interferometer. IRAM is supported by INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany) and IGN (Spain). The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 730562 [RadioNet]. R.D. is grateful to the IRAM staff and local contacts for their help and support in the data processing. F.W. and B.P.V. acknowledge support from ERC Advanced grant 740246 (Cosmic_Gas). D.R. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation under grant numbers AST-1614213 and AST-1910107. D.R. also acknowledges support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. F.B. acknowledges support through the within the Collaborative Research Centre 956, sub-project A01, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschaft (DFG) – project ID 184018867. |
| We are grateful to the referee for their useful and thorough report that helped to improve the manuscript. This work is based on observations carried out under project numbers S052, X04D, S15DA, S17CD, S18DM, S19DM with the IRAM NOEMA Interferometer. IRAM is supported by INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany) and IGN (Spain). The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 730562 [RadioNet]. R.D. is grateful to the IRAM staff and local contacts for their help and support in the data processing. F.W. and B.P.V. acknowledge support from ERC Advanced grant 740246 (Cosmic_Gas). D.R. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation under grant numbers AST-1614213 and AST-1910107. D.R. also acknowledges support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. F.B. acknowledges support through the within the Collaborative Research Centre 956, sub-project A01, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - project ID 184018867. |