ALMA detection of [OIII] 88um at z=12.33: Exploring the Nature and Evolution of GHZ2 as a Massive Compact Stellar System
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| author | Zavala, Jorge A. Bakx, Tom Mitsuhashi, Ikki Castellano, Marco Calabro, Antonello Akins, Hollis Buat, Veronique Casey, Caitlin M. Fernandez-Arenas, David Franco, Maximilien Fontana, Adriano Hatsukade, Bunyo Ho, Luis C. Ikeda, Ryota Kartaltepe, Jeyhan Koekemoer, Anton M. McKinney, Jed Napolitano, Lorenzo Perez-Gonzalez, Pablo G. Santini, Paola Serjeant, Stephen Terlevich, Elena Terlevich, Roberto Yung, L. Y. Aaron |
| author_facet | Zavala, Jorge A. Bakx, Tom Mitsuhashi, Ikki Castellano, Marco Calabro, Antonello Akins, Hollis Buat, Veronique Casey, Caitlin M. Fernandez-Arenas, David Franco, Maximilien Fontana, Adriano Hatsukade, Bunyo Ho, Luis C. Ikeda, Ryota Kartaltepe, Jeyhan Koekemoer, Anton M. McKinney, Jed Napolitano, Lorenzo Perez-Gonzalez, Pablo G. Santini, Paola Serjeant, Stephen Terlevich, Elena Terlevich, Roberto Yung, L. Y. Aaron |
| contents | We present ALMA observations on the high-redshift galaxy GHZ2 and report a successful detection of the rest-frame 88um atomic transition from doubly-ionized Oxygen at z=12.3327+/-0.0005. Based on these observations, combined with additional constraints on the [OIII] 52um line luminosity and previous JWST data, we argue that GHZ2 is likely powered by compact and young star formation, and show that it follows well-established relationships found for giant HII regions and metal-poor star-forming dwarf galaxies that are known to host bright super star clusters. Additionally, these observations provide new constraints on the Oxygen electron density (100 < n_e[cm^-3] < 4,000) and dynamical mass (M_dyn=3-8x10^8M_sun). The existence of these massive starburst systems 13.3Gyr ago might explain the origin of today's globular clusters, a long-standing question in astronomy. To test this, we present observational probes to investigate whether sources like GHZ2 are linked to the formation of today's globular clusters or other more massive compact stellar systems. |
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| spellingShingle | ALMA detection of [OIII] 88um at z=12.33: Exploring the Nature and Evolution of GHZ2 as a Massive Compact Stellar System Zavala, Jorge A. Bakx, Tom Mitsuhashi, Ikki Castellano, Marco Calabro, Antonello Akins, Hollis Buat, Veronique Casey, Caitlin M. Fernandez-Arenas, David Franco, Maximilien Fontana, Adriano Hatsukade, Bunyo Ho, Luis C. Ikeda, Ryota Kartaltepe, Jeyhan Koekemoer, Anton M. McKinney, Jed Napolitano, Lorenzo Perez-Gonzalez, Pablo G. Santini, Paola Serjeant, Stephen Terlevich, Elena Terlevich, Roberto Yung, L. Y. Aaron Astrophysics of Galaxies We present ALMA observations on the high-redshift galaxy GHZ2 and report a successful detection of the rest-frame 88um atomic transition from doubly-ionized Oxygen at z=12.3327+/-0.0005. Based on these observations, combined with additional constraints on the [OIII] 52um line luminosity and previous JWST data, we argue that GHZ2 is likely powered by compact and young star formation, and show that it follows well-established relationships found for giant HII regions and metal-poor star-forming dwarf galaxies that are known to host bright super star clusters. Additionally, these observations provide new constraints on the Oxygen electron density (100 < n_e[cm^-3] < 4,000) and dynamical mass (M_dyn=3-8x10^8M_sun). The existence of these massive starburst systems 13.3Gyr ago might explain the origin of today's globular clusters, a long-standing question in astronomy. To test this, we present observational probes to investigate whether sources like GHZ2 are linked to the formation of today's globular clusters or other more massive compact stellar systems. |
| title | ALMA detection of [OIII] 88um at z=12.33: Exploring the Nature and Evolution of GHZ2 as a Massive Compact Stellar System |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03593 |