The ALMA-CRISTAL Survey: Complex kinematics of the galaxies at the end of the Reionization Era

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Main Authors: Telikova, K., González-López, J., Aravena, M., Posses, A., Villanueva, V., Baeza-Garay, M., Jones, G. C., Solimano, M., Lee, L., Assef, R. J., De Looze, I., Santos, T. Diaz, Ferrara, A., Ikeda, R., Herrera-Camus, R., Übler, H., Lamperti, I., Mitsuhashi, I., Relano, M., Perna, M., Tadaki, K.
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author Telikova, K.
González-López, J.
Aravena, M.
Posses, A.
Villanueva, V.
Baeza-Garay, M.
Jones, G. C.
Solimano, M.
Lee, L.
Assef, R. J.
De Looze, I.
Santos, T. Diaz
Ferrara, A.
Ikeda, R.
Herrera-Camus, R.
Übler, H.
Lamperti, I.
Mitsuhashi, I.
Relano, M.
Perna, M.
Tadaki, K.
author_facet Telikova, K.
González-López, J.
Aravena, M.
Posses, A.
Villanueva, V.
Baeza-Garay, M.
Jones, G. C.
Solimano, M.
Lee, L.
Assef, R. J.
De Looze, I.
Santos, T. Diaz
Ferrara, A.
Ikeda, R.
Herrera-Camus, R.
Übler, H.
Lamperti, I.
Mitsuhashi, I.
Relano, M.
Perna, M.
Tadaki, K.
contents The history of gas assembly in early galaxies is reflected in their complex kinematics. While a considerable fraction of galaxies at z~5 are consistent with rotating disks, current studies indicate that the dominant galaxy assembly mechanism corresponds to mergers. Despite the important progress, the dynamical classification of galaxies at these epochs is still limited by observations' resolution. We present a detailed morphological and kinematic analysis of the far-infrared bright main sequence galaxy HZ10 at z=5.65, making use of new high-resolution ($\lesssim0.3$") [CII] 158$μ$m ALMA and rest-frame optical JWST/NIRSpec observations. These observations reveal a previously unresolved complex morphology and kinematics of the HZ10. We confirm that HZ10 is not a single galaxy but consists of at least three components in close projected separation along the east-to-west direction. We find a [CII] bright central component (C), separated by 1.5 and 4 kpc from the east (E) and west (W) components, respectively. Our [CII] observations resolve the HZ10-C component resulting in a velocity gradient, produced by either rotation or a close-in merger. We test the rotating disk possibility using DysmalPy kinematic modeling and propose three dynamical scenarios for the HZ10 system: (i) a double merger, in which the companion galaxy HZ10-W merges with the disturbed clumpy rotation disk formed by the HZ10-C and E components; (ii) a triple merger, where the companion galaxies, HZ10-W and HZ10-E, merge with the rotation disk HZ10-C; and (iii) a quadruple merger, in which the companion galaxies HZ10-W and HZ10-E merge with the close double merger HZ10-C. Comparing [CII] with JWST/NIRSpec data, we find that [CII] emission closely resembles the broad [OIII] 5007Å emission. The latter reflects the interacting nature of the system and suggests that ionized and neutral gas phases in HZ10 are well mixed.
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spellingShingle The ALMA-CRISTAL Survey: Complex kinematics of the galaxies at the end of the Reionization Era
Telikova, K.
González-López, J.
Aravena, M.
Posses, A.
Villanueva, V.
Baeza-Garay, M.
Jones, G. C.
Solimano, M.
Lee, L.
Assef, R. J.
De Looze, I.
Santos, T. Diaz
Ferrara, A.
Ikeda, R.
Herrera-Camus, R.
Übler, H.
Lamperti, I.
Mitsuhashi, I.
Relano, M.
Perna, M.
Tadaki, K.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
The history of gas assembly in early galaxies is reflected in their complex kinematics. While a considerable fraction of galaxies at z~5 are consistent with rotating disks, current studies indicate that the dominant galaxy assembly mechanism corresponds to mergers. Despite the important progress, the dynamical classification of galaxies at these epochs is still limited by observations' resolution. We present a detailed morphological and kinematic analysis of the far-infrared bright main sequence galaxy HZ10 at z=5.65, making use of new high-resolution ($\lesssim0.3$") [CII] 158$μ$m ALMA and rest-frame optical JWST/NIRSpec observations. These observations reveal a previously unresolved complex morphology and kinematics of the HZ10. We confirm that HZ10 is not a single galaxy but consists of at least three components in close projected separation along the east-to-west direction. We find a [CII] bright central component (C), separated by 1.5 and 4 kpc from the east (E) and west (W) components, respectively. Our [CII] observations resolve the HZ10-C component resulting in a velocity gradient, produced by either rotation or a close-in merger. We test the rotating disk possibility using DysmalPy kinematic modeling and propose three dynamical scenarios for the HZ10 system: (i) a double merger, in which the companion galaxy HZ10-W merges with the disturbed clumpy rotation disk formed by the HZ10-C and E components; (ii) a triple merger, where the companion galaxies, HZ10-W and HZ10-E, merge with the rotation disk HZ10-C; and (iii) a quadruple merger, in which the companion galaxies HZ10-W and HZ10-E merge with the close double merger HZ10-C. Comparing [CII] with JWST/NIRSpec data, we find that [CII] emission closely resembles the broad [OIII] 5007Å emission. The latter reflects the interacting nature of the system and suggests that ionized and neutral gas phases in HZ10 are well mixed.
title The ALMA-CRISTAL Survey: Complex kinematics of the galaxies at the end of the Reionization Era
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09033