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2016ApJ...818..196L - Astrophys. J., 818, 196 (2016/February-3)

A massive molecular gas reservoir in the z = 2.221 Type-2 quasar host galaxy SMM J0939+8315 lensed by the radio galaxy 3C220.3.

LEUNG T.K.D. and RIECHERS D.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the detection of CO(J = 3 -> 2) line emission in the strongly lensed submillimeter galaxy (SMG) SMM J0939+8315 at z = 2.221, using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy. SMM J0939+8315 hosts a type-2 quasar, and is gravitationally lensed by the radio galaxy 3C220.3 and its companion galaxy at z = 0.685. The 104 GHz continuum emission underlying the CO line is detected toward 3C220.3 with an integrated flux density of Scont= 7.4±1.4 mJy. Using the CO(J = 3 -> 2) line intensity of ICO(3–2)= (12.6±2.0) Jy km/s, we derive a lensing- and excitation-corrected CO line luminosity of L'CO(1–0) = (3.4±0.7)x1010 (10.1/µL) K km/s pc2 for the SMG, where µL is the lensing magnification factor inferred from our lens modeling. This translates to a molecular gas mass of Mgas= (2.7±0.6)x1010 (10.1/µL) M. Fitting spectral energy distribution models to the (sub)-millimeter data of this SMG yields a dust temperature of T = 63.1–1.3+1.1 K, a dust mass of Mdust= (5.2±2.1)x108 (10.1/µL) M, and a total infrared luminosity of LIR= (9.1±1.2) x1012 (10.1/µL) L. We find that the properties of the interstellar medium of SMM J0939+8315 overlap with both SMGs and type-2 quasars. Hence, SMM J0939+8315 may be transitioning from a starbursting phase to an unobscured quasar phase as described by the ''evolutionary link'' model, according to which this system may represent an intermediate stage in the evolution of present-day galaxies at an earlier epoch.

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Journal keyword(s): cosmology: observations - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: starburst - submillimeter: galaxies

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