Constraining the excitation of molecular gas in Two Quasar-Starburst Systems at $z \sim 6$
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| author | Xu, Fuxiang Wang, Ran Li, Jianan Neri, Roberto Pensabene, Antonio Decarli, Roberto Shao, Yali Bañados, Eduardo Cox, Pierre Bertoldi, Frank Feruglio, Chiara Walter, Fabian Venemans, Bram P. Omont, Alain Riechers, Dominik Wagg, Jeff Menten, Karl M. Fan, Xiaohui |
| author_facet | Xu, Fuxiang Wang, Ran Li, Jianan Neri, Roberto Pensabene, Antonio Decarli, Roberto Shao, Yali Bañados, Eduardo Cox, Pierre Bertoldi, Frank Feruglio, Chiara Walter, Fabian Venemans, Bram P. Omont, Alain Riechers, Dominik Wagg, Jeff Menten, Karl M. Fan, Xiaohui |
| contents | We present NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array observations of CO(8-7), (9-8), and (10-9) lines, as well as the underlying continuum for two far-infrared luminous quasars: SDSS J2054-0005 at $\rm z=6.0389$ and SDSS J0129-0035 at $\rm z=5.7788$. Both quasars were previously detected in CO (2-1) and (6-5) transitions, making them candidates for studying the CO Spectral Line Energy Distribution (SLED) of quasars at $z \sim 6$. Utilizing the radiative transfer code CLOUDY, we fit the CO SLED with two heating mechanisms, including the photo-dissociation region (PDR) and X-ray-dominated region (XDR) for both objects. The CO SLEDs can be fitted by either a dense PDR component with an extremely strong far-ultraviolet radiation field (gas density $ n_{\rm H} \sim 10^6 \, \rm cm^{-3}$ and field strength $G_0 \gtrsim 10^6$) or a two-component model including a PDR and an XDR. However, the line ratios, including \tir and previous \cii and \ci measurements, argue against a very high PDR radiation field strength. Thus, the results prefer a PDR+XDR origin for the CO SLED. The excitation of the high-J CO lines in both objects is likely dominated by the central AGN. We then check the CO (9-8)-to-(6-5) line luminosity ratio $r_{96}$ for all $z \sim 6$ quasars with available CO SLEDs (seven in total) and find that there are no clear correlations between $r_{96}$ and both \fir and the AGN UV luminosities. This further demonstrates the complexity of the CO excitation powered by both the AGN and nuclear star formation in these young quasar host galaxies. |
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| spellingShingle | Constraining the excitation of molecular gas in Two Quasar-Starburst Systems at $z \sim 6$ Xu, Fuxiang Wang, Ran Li, Jianan Neri, Roberto Pensabene, Antonio Decarli, Roberto Shao, Yali Bañados, Eduardo Cox, Pierre Bertoldi, Frank Feruglio, Chiara Walter, Fabian Venemans, Bram P. Omont, Alain Riechers, Dominik Wagg, Jeff Menten, Karl M. Fan, Xiaohui Astrophysics of Galaxies We present NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array observations of CO(8-7), (9-8), and (10-9) lines, as well as the underlying continuum for two far-infrared luminous quasars: SDSS J2054-0005 at $\rm z=6.0389$ and SDSS J0129-0035 at $\rm z=5.7788$. Both quasars were previously detected in CO (2-1) and (6-5) transitions, making them candidates for studying the CO Spectral Line Energy Distribution (SLED) of quasars at $z \sim 6$. Utilizing the radiative transfer code CLOUDY, we fit the CO SLED with two heating mechanisms, including the photo-dissociation region (PDR) and X-ray-dominated region (XDR) for both objects. The CO SLEDs can be fitted by either a dense PDR component with an extremely strong far-ultraviolet radiation field (gas density $ n_{\rm H} \sim 10^6 \, \rm cm^{-3}$ and field strength $G_0 \gtrsim 10^6$) or a two-component model including a PDR and an XDR. However, the line ratios, including \tir and previous \cii and \ci measurements, argue against a very high PDR radiation field strength. Thus, the results prefer a PDR+XDR origin for the CO SLED. The excitation of the high-J CO lines in both objects is likely dominated by the central AGN. We then check the CO (9-8)-to-(6-5) line luminosity ratio $r_{96}$ for all $z \sim 6$ quasars with available CO SLEDs (seven in total) and find that there are no clear correlations between $r_{96}$ and both \fir and the AGN UV luminosities. This further demonstrates the complexity of the CO excitation powered by both the AGN and nuclear star formation in these young quasar host galaxies. |
| title | Constraining the excitation of molecular gas in Two Quasar-Starburst Systems at $z \sim 6$ |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.01701 |