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A&A
Volume 646, February 2021
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Article Number | A26 | |
Number of page(s) | 13 | |
Section | Extragalactic astronomy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038180 | |
Published online | 03 February 2021 |
A puzzling non-detection of [O III] and [C II] from a z ≈ 7.7 galaxy observed with ALMA
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Observational Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
e-mail: christian.binggeli@physics.uu.se
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Department of Physics, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
3
Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Faculty of Design Technology, Osaka Sangyo University, 3-1-1, Nakagaito, Daito, Osaka 574-8530, Japan
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Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe (TCHoU), Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology Onsala Space Observatory, 439 92 Onsala, Sweden
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Theoretical Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
10
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
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Department of Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
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Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, N10 W8, Kitaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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Kyoto University Research Administration Office, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Shikoku Gakuin University, 3-2-1 Bunkyocho, Zentsuji, Kagawa 765-0013, Japan
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Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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The Open University of Japan, 2-11 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-8566, Japan
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RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015, Japan
Received:
16
April
2020
Accepted:
25
November
2020
Context. Characterizing the galaxy population in the early Universe holds the key to understanding the evolution of these objects and the role they played in cosmic reionization. However, there have been very few observations at the very highest redshifts to date.
Aims. In order to shed light on the properties of galaxies in the high-redshift Universe and their interstellar media, we observe the Lyman-α emitting galaxy z7_GSD_3811 at z = 7.664 with bands 6 and 8 at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Methods. We target the far-infrared [O III] 88 μm and [C II] 158 μm emission lines and dust continuum in the star-forming galaxy z7_GSD_3811 with ALMA. We combine these measurements with earlier observations in the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) in order to characterize the object and compare the results to those of earlier studies that observed [O III] and [C II] emission in high-redshift galaxies.
Results. The [O III] 88 μm and [C II] 158 μm emission lines are undetected at the position of z7_GSD_3811, with 3σ upper limits of 1.6 × 108 L⊙ and 4.0 × 107 L⊙, respectively. We do not detect any dust continuum in band 6 nor band 8. The measured rms in the band 8 and band 6 continua are 26 and 9.9 μJy beam−1, respectively. Similar to several other high-redshift galaxies, z7_GSD_3811 exhibits low [C II] emission for its star formation rate compared to local galaxies. Furthermore, our upper limit on the [O III] line luminosity is lower than the previously observed [O III] lines in high-redshift galaxies with similar UV luminosities. Our ALMA band 6 and 8 dust continuum observations imply that z7_GSD_3811 likely has a low dust content, and our non-detections of the [O III] and [C II] lines could indicate that z7_GSD_3811 has a low metallicity (Z ≲ 0.1 Z⊙).
Key words: galaxies: high-redshift / galaxies: ISM / galaxies: evolution / dark ages, reionization, first stars
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