Issue |
A&A
Volume 639, July 2020
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Article Number | L13 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Letters to the Editor | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038269 | |
Published online | 21 July 2020 |
Letter to the Editor
Gas, dust, and star formation in the positive AGN feedback candidate 4C 41.17 at z = 3.8⋆, ⋆⋆
1
Université de la Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Bd de l’Observatoire, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
e-mail: nicole.nesvadba@oca.eu
2
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2611, Australia
3
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag 4, Pune, 411007, India
4
University of Tsukuba, Center for Computational Sciences, Tennodai 1-1-1, 305-0006 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Received:
26
April
2020
Accepted:
28
May
2020
We present new, spatially resolved [CI]1–0, [CI]2–1, CO(7–6), and dust continuum observations of 4C 41.17 at z = 3.8. This is one of the best-studied radio galaxies in this epoch and is arguably the best candidate of jet-triggered star formation at high redshift currently known in the literature. 4C 41.17 shows a narrow ridge of dust continuum extending over 15 kpc near the radio jet axis. Line emission is found within the galaxy in the region with signatures of positive feedback. Using the [CI]1–0 line as a molecular gas tracer, and multifrequency observations of the far-infrared dust heated by star formation, we find a total gas mass of 7.6 × 1010 M⊙, which is somewhat greater than that previously found from CO(4–3). The gas mass surface density of 103 M⊙ yr−1 pc−2 and the star formation rate surface density of 10 M⊙ yr−1 kpc−2 were derived over the 12 kpc × 8 kpc area, where signatures of positive feedback have previously been found. These densities are comparable to those in other populations of massive, dusty star-forming galaxies in this redshift range, suggesting that the jet does not currently enhance the efficiency with which stars form from the gas. This is consistent with expectations from simulations, whereby radio jets may facilitate the onset of star formation in galaxies without boosting its efficiency over longer timescales, in particular after the jet has broken out of the interstellar medium, as is the case in 4C 41.17.
Key words: galaxies: active / galaxies: high-redshift / galaxies: individual: 4C 41.17 / galaxies: jets / galaxies: star formation
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© N. P. H. Nesvadba et al. 2020
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