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Hauptverfasser: Knudsen, Kirsten K., Watson, Darach, Richard, Johan, Frayer, David T., Fujimoto, Seiji, Akins, Hollis, Bakx, Tom, Bonaventura, Nina, Brammer, Gabriel, Christensen, Lise, Hashimoto, Takuya, Inoue, Akio K., Matsuo, Hiroshi, Michałowski, Michał J., Zavala, Jorge A.
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author Knudsen, Kirsten K.
Watson, Darach
Richard, Johan
Frayer, David T.
Fujimoto, Seiji
Akins, Hollis
Bakx, Tom
Bonaventura, Nina
Brammer, Gabriel
Christensen, Lise
Hashimoto, Takuya
Inoue, Akio K.
Matsuo, Hiroshi
Michałowski, Michał J.
Zavala, Jorge A.
author_facet Knudsen, Kirsten K.
Watson, Darach
Richard, Johan
Frayer, David T.
Fujimoto, Seiji
Akins, Hollis
Bakx, Tom
Bonaventura, Nina
Brammer, Gabriel
Christensen, Lise
Hashimoto, Takuya
Inoue, Akio K.
Matsuo, Hiroshi
Michałowski, Michał J.
Zavala, Jorge A.
contents We observed the gravitationally lensed ($μ= 9.6\pm0.19$) galaxy A1689-zD1 at $z = 7.1$ in bands 3, 6, and 8 of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. These high-resolution observations ($\approx 200$ pc) enabled us to separate the source into five components in the [CII] 158$μ$m and [OIII] 88$mu$m emission lines within a projected distance of 2 kpc. Even though these components appear to vary strongly from one another in both their line, continuum, and optical characteristics, the assembly of components do not show ordered rotation and appear consistent with simulations of a galaxy system undergoing the process of assembly. The total dynamical mass of the galaxy ($2\times10^{10}$ M$_\odot$) is an order of magnitude larger than the spectrally estimated stellar mass, suggesting a near-complete optical obscuration of the bulk of the stellar component. Comparing the line ratios as well as the line properties to other properties such as the star formation rate, we find that A1689-zD1 is consistent with the relations derived from local star-forming galaxies. Even though A1689-zD1 lies on local star formation scaling relations and has a high dust and stellar mass estimate, the kinematics suggest it is in an early assembly stage, which could lead to it becoming a disk galaxy at a later stage.
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spellingShingle Early galaxy evolution: The complex interstellar medium distribution of the z~7 galaxy A1689-zD1
Knudsen, Kirsten K.
Watson, Darach
Richard, Johan
Frayer, David T.
Fujimoto, Seiji
Akins, Hollis
Bakx, Tom
Bonaventura, Nina
Brammer, Gabriel
Christensen, Lise
Hashimoto, Takuya
Inoue, Akio K.
Matsuo, Hiroshi
Michałowski, Michał J.
Zavala, Jorge A.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We observed the gravitationally lensed ($μ= 9.6\pm0.19$) galaxy A1689-zD1 at $z = 7.1$ in bands 3, 6, and 8 of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. These high-resolution observations ($\approx 200$ pc) enabled us to separate the source into five components in the [CII] 158$μ$m and [OIII] 88$mu$m emission lines within a projected distance of 2 kpc. Even though these components appear to vary strongly from one another in both their line, continuum, and optical characteristics, the assembly of components do not show ordered rotation and appear consistent with simulations of a galaxy system undergoing the process of assembly. The total dynamical mass of the galaxy ($2\times10^{10}$ M$_\odot$) is an order of magnitude larger than the spectrally estimated stellar mass, suggesting a near-complete optical obscuration of the bulk of the stellar component. Comparing the line ratios as well as the line properties to other properties such as the star formation rate, we find that A1689-zD1 is consistent with the relations derived from local star-forming galaxies. Even though A1689-zD1 lies on local star formation scaling relations and has a high dust and stellar mass estimate, the kinematics suggest it is in an early assembly stage, which could lead to it becoming a disk galaxy at a later stage.
title Early galaxy evolution: The complex interstellar medium distribution of the z~7 galaxy A1689-zD1
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19475