Author:
Lei Han,Valentino Francesco,Magdis Georgios E.,Kokorev Vasily,Liu Daizhong,Rigopoulou Dimitra,Jin Shuowen,Daddi Emanuele
Abstract
We present new CO (J = 5 − 4 and 7 − 6) and [C I] (3P2−3P1 and 3P1−3P0) emission line observations of the star-forming galaxy D49 at the massive end of the main sequence at z = 3. We incorporate previous CO (J = 3 − 2) and optical-to-millimetre continuum observations to fit its spectral energy distribution. Our results hint at high-J CO luminosities exceeding the expected location on the empirical correlations with the infrared luminosity. [CI] emission fully consistent with the literature trends is found. We do not retrieve any signatures of a bright active galactic nucleus that could boost the J = 5 − 4, 7 − 6 lines in either the infrared or X-ray bands, but warm photon-dominated regions, shocks, or turbulence could in principle do so. We suggest that mechanical heating could be a favourable mechanism able to enhance the gas emission at fixed infrared luminosity in D49 and other main-sequence star-forming galaxies at high redshift, but further investigation is necessary to confirm this explanation. We derive molecular gas masses from dust, CO, and [C I] that all agree within the uncertainties. Given its high star formation rate ∼500 M⊙ yr−1 and stellar mass > 1011.5 M⊙, the short depletion timescale of < 0.3 Gyr might indicate that D49 is experiencing its last growth spurt and will soon transit to quiescence.
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cited by
2 articles.
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