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ALMA detection of extended [CII] emission in Himiko at z=6.6
- Source :
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Himiko is one of the most luminous Ly{\alpha} emitters at z = 6.595. It has three star forming clumps detected in the rest-frame UV, with a total SFR = 20 M$_\odot$/yr. We report the ALMA detection of the [CII]158$\mu$m line emission in this galaxy with a significance of 9$\sigma$. The total [CII] luminosity (L[CII]= (1.2$\pm$0.2)$\times$10$^{8}$ L$_{\odot}$) is fully consistent with the local L[CII]-SFR relation. The ALMA high-angular resolution reveals that the [CII] emission is made of two distinct components. The brightest [CII] clump is extended over 4 kpc and is located on the peak of the Ly{\alpha} nebula, which is spatially offset by 1 kpc relative to the brightest UV clump. The second [CII] component is spatially unresolved (size $<br />Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables; submitted to ApJL
- Subjects :
- Physics
infrared: ISM
formation [galaxies]
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
FOS: Physical sciences
ISM [infrared]
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica
Space and Planetary Science
galaxies: high-redshift
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
0103 physical sciences
galaxies: formation
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
galaxies: evolution
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
evolution [galaxies]
high-redshift [galaxies]
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0004637X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....92674c4df311e94c5b862af2944cbcee