An ALMA Spectroscopic Survey of the Brightest Submillimeter Galaxies in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS Field (AS2COSPEC): Physical Properties of z=2-5 Ultra- and Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies

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Hauptverfasser: Liao, Cheng-Lin, Chen, Chian-Chou, Wang, Wei-Hao, Smail, Ian, Ao, Yiping, Chapman, Scott C., Dudzeviciute, Ugne, Castillo, Marta Frias, Lee, Minju M., Serjeant, Stephen, Swinbank, A. Mark, Taylor, Dominic J., Umehata, Hideki, Zhao, Yinghe
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author Liao, Cheng-Lin
Chen, Chian-Chou
Wang, Wei-Hao
Smail, Ian
Ao, Yiping
Chapman, Scott C.
Dudzeviciute, Ugne
Castillo, Marta Frias
Lee, Minju M.
Serjeant, Stephen
Swinbank, A. Mark
Taylor, Dominic J.
Umehata, Hideki
Zhao, Yinghe
author_facet Liao, Cheng-Lin
Chen, Chian-Chou
Wang, Wei-Hao
Smail, Ian
Ao, Yiping
Chapman, Scott C.
Dudzeviciute, Ugne
Castillo, Marta Frias
Lee, Minju M.
Serjeant, Stephen
Swinbank, A. Mark
Taylor, Dominic J.
Umehata, Hideki
Zhao, Yinghe
contents We report physical properties of the brightest ($S_{870\,μ\rm m}=12.4$-$19.2\,$mJy) and not strongly lensed 18 870$\,μ$m selected dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs), also known as submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), in the COSMOS field. This sample is part of an ALMA band$\,$3 spectroscopic survey (AS2COSPEC), and spectroscopic redshifts are measured in 17 of them at $z=2$-$5$. We perform spectral energy distribution analyses and deduce a median total infrared luminosity of $L_{\rm IR}=(1.3\pm0.1)\times10^{13}\,L_{\odot}$, infrared-based star-formation rate of ${\rm SFR}_{\rm IR}=1390\pm150~M_{\odot}\,\rm yr^{-1}$, stellar mass of $M_\ast=(1.4\pm0.6)\times10^{11}\,M_\odot$, dust mass of $M_{\rm dust}=(3.7\pm0.5)\times10^9\,M_\odot$, and molecular gas mass of $M_{\rm gas}= (α_{\rm CO}/0.8)(1.2\pm0.1)\times10^{11}\,M_\odot$, suggesting that they are one of the most massive, ISM-enriched, and actively star-forming systems at $z=2$-$5$. In addition, compared to less massive and less active galaxies at similar epochs, SMGs have comparable gas fractions; however, they have much shorter depletion time, possibly caused by more active dynamical interactions. We determine a median dust emissivity index of $β=2.1\pm0.1$ for our sample, and by combining our results with those from other DSFG samples, we find no correlation of $β$ with redshift or infrared luminosity, indicating similar dust grain compositions across cosmic time for infrared luminous galaxies. We also find that AS2COSPEC SMGs have one of the highest dust-to-stellar mass ratios, with a median of $0.02\pm0.01$, significantly higher than model predictions, possibly due to too strong of a AGN feedback implemented in the model. Finally, our complete and uniform survey enables us to put constraints on the most massive end of the dust and molecular gas mass functions.
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spellingShingle An ALMA Spectroscopic Survey of the Brightest Submillimeter Galaxies in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS Field (AS2COSPEC): Physical Properties of z=2-5 Ultra- and Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies
Liao, Cheng-Lin
Chen, Chian-Chou
Wang, Wei-Hao
Smail, Ian
Ao, Yiping
Chapman, Scott C.
Dudzeviciute, Ugne
Castillo, Marta Frias
Lee, Minju M.
Serjeant, Stephen
Swinbank, A. Mark
Taylor, Dominic J.
Umehata, Hideki
Zhao, Yinghe
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We report physical properties of the brightest ($S_{870\,μ\rm m}=12.4$-$19.2\,$mJy) and not strongly lensed 18 870$\,μ$m selected dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs), also known as submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), in the COSMOS field. This sample is part of an ALMA band$\,$3 spectroscopic survey (AS2COSPEC), and spectroscopic redshifts are measured in 17 of them at $z=2$-$5$. We perform spectral energy distribution analyses and deduce a median total infrared luminosity of $L_{\rm IR}=(1.3\pm0.1)\times10^{13}\,L_{\odot}$, infrared-based star-formation rate of ${\rm SFR}_{\rm IR}=1390\pm150~M_{\odot}\,\rm yr^{-1}$, stellar mass of $M_\ast=(1.4\pm0.6)\times10^{11}\,M_\odot$, dust mass of $M_{\rm dust}=(3.7\pm0.5)\times10^9\,M_\odot$, and molecular gas mass of $M_{\rm gas}= (α_{\rm CO}/0.8)(1.2\pm0.1)\times10^{11}\,M_\odot$, suggesting that they are one of the most massive, ISM-enriched, and actively star-forming systems at $z=2$-$5$. In addition, compared to less massive and less active galaxies at similar epochs, SMGs have comparable gas fractions; however, they have much shorter depletion time, possibly caused by more active dynamical interactions. We determine a median dust emissivity index of $β=2.1\pm0.1$ for our sample, and by combining our results with those from other DSFG samples, we find no correlation of $β$ with redshift or infrared luminosity, indicating similar dust grain compositions across cosmic time for infrared luminous galaxies. We also find that AS2COSPEC SMGs have one of the highest dust-to-stellar mass ratios, with a median of $0.02\pm0.01$, significantly higher than model predictions, possibly due to too strong of a AGN feedback implemented in the model. Finally, our complete and uniform survey enables us to put constraints on the most massive end of the dust and molecular gas mass functions.
title An ALMA Spectroscopic Survey of the Brightest Submillimeter Galaxies in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS Field (AS2COSPEC): Physical Properties of z=2-5 Ultra- and Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17417