High Dense Gas Fraction in Intensely Star-forming Dusty Galaxies

Oteo, I.; Zhang, Z.-Y.; Yang, C.; Ivison, R. J.; Omont, A.; Bremer, M.; Bussmann, S.; Cooray, A.; Cox, P.; Dannerbauer, H.; Dunne, L.; Eales, S.; Furlanetto, C.; Gavazzi, R.; Gao, Y.; Greve, T. R.; Nayyeri, H.; Negrello, M.; Neri, R.; Riechers, D.; Tunnard, R.; Wagg, J.; Van der Werf, P.
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 850, Issue 2, article id. 170, 10 pp. (2017).

Fecha de publicación:
12
2017
Número de autores
23
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
40
Número de citas referidas
36
Descripción
We present ALMA J=3{--}2 and VLA J=1{--}0 observations of the dense molecular gas tracers HCN, HCO+, and HNC in two lensed, high-redshift starbursts selected from the Herschel-ATLAS survey: H-ATLAS J090740.0‑004200 (SDP.9, {z}{spec}=1.575) and H-ATLAS J091043.1‑000321 (SDP.11, {z}{spec}=1.786). In SDP.9 we have detected all J=3{--}2 transitions and also HCN(1–0) and HCO+(1–0). In SDP.11 we have detected HCN(3–2) and HCO+(3–2). The amplification factors for both galaxies have been determined from subarcsecond-resolution CO and dust emission observations carried out with NOEMA and the SMA. The HNC(1–0)/HCN(1–0) line ratio in SDP.9 suggests the presence of photon-dominated regions, as happens in most local (U)LIRGs. The CO, HCN, and HCO+ spectral line energy distribution (SLEDs) of SDP.9 are compatible to those found for many local, IR-bright galaxies, indicating that the molecular gas in local and high-redshift dusty starbursts can have similar excitation conditions. We obtain that the correlation between total IR ({L}{IR}) and dense line ({L}{dense}) luminosity in SDP.9 and SDP.11 and local star-forming galaxies can be represented by a single relation. We argue that the scatter of the {L}{IR}{--}{L}{dense} correlation, together with the lack of sensitive dense molecular gas tracer observations for a homogeneous sample of high-redshift galaxies, prevents us from distinguishing differential trends with redshift. Our results suggest that the intense star formation found in some high-redshift, dusty, luminous starbursts is associated with more massive dense molecular gas reservoirs and higher dense molecular gas fractions.
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