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ALMA Observations of Quasar Host Galaxies at $z\simeq4.8$

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2020-06-03 v2

Abstract

We present ALMA band-7 data of the [CII] λ157.74μm\lambda157.74\,\mu{\rm m} emission line and underlying far-infrared (FIR) continuum for twelve luminous quasars at z4.8z \simeq 4.8, powered by fast-growing supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Our total sample consists of eighteen quasars, twelve of which are presented here for the first time. The new sources consists of six Herschel/SPIRE detected systems, which we define as "FIR-bright" sources, and six Herschel/SPIRE undetected systems, which we define as "FIR-faint" sources. We determine dust masses for the quasars hosts of Mdust0.225.0×108MM_{dust} \le 0.2-25.0\times 10^8 M_{\odot}, implying ISM gas masses comparable to the dynamical masses derived from the [CII] kinematics. It is found that on average the MgII line is blueshifted by 500kms1\sim 500\,{\rm km\,s}^{-1} with respect to the [CII] emission line, which is also observed when complementing our observations with data from the literature. We find that all of our "FIR-bright" subsample and most of the "FIR-faint" objects lie above the main sequence of star forming galaxies at z5z \sim 5. We detect companion sub-millimeter galaxies (SMGs) for two sources, both FIR-faint, with a range of projected distances of 2060\sim20-60 kpc and with typical velocity shifts of Δv200kms1\left|\Delta v\right| \lesssim200\,{\rm km\,s}^{-1} from the quasar hosts. Of our total sample of eighteen quasars, 5/18 are found to have dust obscured starforming companions.

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@article{arxiv.2003.00525,
  title  = {ALMA Observations of Quasar Host Galaxies at $z\simeq4.8$},
  author = {Nathen H. Nguyen and Paulina Lira and Benny Trakhtenbrot and Hagai Netzer and Claudia Cicone and Roberto Maiolino and Ohad Shemmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00525},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

26 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables. Submitted after Referee acceptance