Detection of an ultra-bright submillimeter galaxy in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field using AzTEC/ASTE
Sep, 201017 pages
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- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 415 (2011) 3081
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- 1009.1455 [astro-ph.CO]
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We report the detection of an extremely bright (37 mJy at 1100 m and 91 mJy at 880 m) submillimeter galaxy (SMG), AzTEC-ASTE-SXDF1100.001 (hereafter referred to as SXDF1100.001 or Orochi), discovered in 1100 m observations of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field using AzTEC on ASTE. Subsequent CARMA 1300 m and SMA 880 m observations successfully pinpoint the location of Orochi and suggest that it has two components, one extended (FWHM of 4) 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 are found. The derived upper limit to the line-to-continuum flux ratio is 0.1--0.3 (2 ) 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 behind a foreground, optically visible (but red) galaxy at . The deduced apparent (i.e., no correction for magnification) infrared luminosity () and star formation rate (SFR) are and 11000 yr, respectively, assuming that the is dominated by star formation. These values suggest that Orochi will consume its gas reservoir within a short time scale ( yr), which is indeed comparable to those in extreme starbursts like the centres of local ULIRGs.Note:
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