Detection of an ultrabright submillimetre galaxy in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field using AzTEC/ASTE

Ikarashi, S., Kohno, K., Aguirre, J. E., Aretxaga, I., Arumugam, V., Austermann, J. E., Bock, J. J., Bradford, C. M., Cirasuolo, M., Earle, L., Ezawa, H., Furusawa, H., Furusawa, J., Glenn, J., Hatsukade, B., Hughes, D. H., Iono, D., Ivison, R. J., Johnson, S., Kamenetzky, J., Kawabe, R., Lupu, R., Maloney, P., Matsuhara, H., Mauskopf, Philip Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-5516, Motohara, K., Murphy, E. J., Nakajima, K., Nakanishi, K., Naylor, B. J., Nguyen, H. T., Perera, T. A., Scott, K. S., Shimasaku, K., Takagi, T., Takata, T., Tamura, Y., Tanaka, K., Tsukagoshi, T., Wilner, D. J., Wilson, G. W., Yun, M. S. and Zmuidzinas, J. 2011. Detection of an ultrabright submillimetre galaxy in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field using AzTEC/ASTE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 415 (4) , pp. 3081-3096. 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18918.x

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Abstract

We report on the detection of an extremely bright (∼37 mJy at 1100 μm and ∼91 mJy at 880 μm) submillimetre galaxy (SMG), AzTEC-ASTE-SXDF1100.001 (hereafter referred to as SXDF1100.001 or Orochi), discovered in the 1100 μm observations of the Subaru/XMM–Newton Deep Field  using AzTEC on ASTE. Subsequent CARMA 1300-μm and SMA 880-μm observations successfully pinpoint the location of Orochi and suggest that it has two components, one extended [full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of ∼4 arcsec] and one compact (unresolved). Z-Spec on CSO has also been used to obtain a wide-band spectrum from 190 to 308 GHz, although no significant emission/absorption lines were found. The derived upper limit to the line-to-continuum flux ratio is 0.1–0.3 (2σ) across the Z-Spec band. Based on the analysis of the derived spectral energy distribution from optical to radio wavelengths of possible counterparts near the SMA/CARMA peak position, we suggest that Orochi is a lensed, optically dark SMG lying at z ∼ 3.4 behind a foreground, optically visible (but red) galaxy at z ∼ 1.4. The deduced apparent (i.e., no correction for magnification) infrared luminosity (LIR) and star formation rate (SFR) are 6 × 1013 L⊙ and 11 000 M⊙ yr−1, respectively, assuming that the LIR is dominated by star formation. These values suggest that Orochi will consume its gas reservoir within a short time-scale (3 × 107 yr), which is indeed comparable to those in extreme starbursts like the centres of local ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: ISM; galaxies: starburst; submillimetre: galaxies
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Publisher:	Royal Astronomical Society
ISSN:	0035-8711
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	17 May 2023 05:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/22783

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