A SEARCH FOR C II 158 {mu}m LINE EMISSION IN HCM 6A, A Ly{alpha} EMITTER AT z = 6.56
- National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune 411 007 (India)
- European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19 (Chile)
- U.S. Planck Data Center, MS220-6 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
We report a Plateau de Bure Interferometer search for C II 158 {mu}m emission from HCM 6A, a lensed Ly{alpha} emitter (LAE) at z = 6.56. Our non-detections of C II 158 {mu}m line emission and 1.2 mm radio continuum emission yield 3{sigma} limits of L{sub CII} < 6.4 x 10{sup 7} x ({Delta}V/100 km s{sup -1}){sup 1/2} L{sub Sun} for the C II 158 {mu}m line luminosity and S{sub 1.2mm} < 0.68 mJy for the 1.2 mm flux density. The local conversion factor between L{sub CII} and the star formation rate (SFR) yields an SFR < 4.7 M{sub Sun} yr{sup -1}, Almost-Equal-To 2 times lower than that inferred from the ultraviolet (UV) continuum, suggesting that the local factor may not be applicable in high-z LAEs. The non-detection of 1.2 mm continuum emission yields a total SFR < 28 M{sub Sun} yr{sup -1}; any obscured star formation is thus within a factor of two of the visible star formation. Our best-fit model to the rest-frame UV/optical spectral energy distribution of HCM 6A yields a stellar mass of 1.3 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 9} M{sub Sun} and an SFR of Almost-Equal-To 10 M{sub Sun} yr{sup -1}, with negligible dust obscuration. We fortuitously detect CO J = 3-2 emission from a z = 0.375 galaxy in the foreground cluster A370, and obtain a CO line luminosity of L'(CO) > (8.95 {+-} 0.79) Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 8} K km s{sup -1} pc{sup 2} and a molecular gas mass of M(H{sub 2}) > (4.12 {+-} 0.36) Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 9} M{sub Sun }, for a CO-to-H{sub 2} conversion factor of 4.6 M{sub Sun} (K km s{sup -1} pc{sup 2}){sup -1}.
- OSTI ID:
- 22118705
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 771, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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