%0 Generic %1 aravena2014imaging %A Aravena, Manuel %A Hodge, Jacqueline A. %A Wagg, Jeff %A Carilli, Chris L. %A Daddi, Emanuele %A Dannerbauer, Helmut %A Lentati, Lindley %A Riechers, Dominik A. %A Sargent, Mark %A Walter, Fabian %D 2014 %K forming galaxy gas high-z molecular star %T CO(1-0) line imaging of massive star-forming disk galaxies at z=1.5-2.2 %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.7393 %X We present detections of the CO(J= 1-0) emission line in a sample of four massive star-forming galaxies at z~1.5-2.2 obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). Combining these observations with previous CO(2-1) and CO(3-2) detections of these galaxies, we study the excitation properties of the molecular gas in our sample sources. We find an average line brightness temperature ratios of R_21=0.70+\-0.16 and R_31=0.50+\-0.29, based on measurements for three and two galaxies, respectively. These results provide additional support to previous indications of sub-thermal gas excitation for the CO(3-2) line with a typically assumed line ratio R_31~0.5. For one of our targets, BzK-21000, we present spatially resolved CO line maps. At the resolution of 0.18'' (1.5 kpc), most of the emission is resolved out except for some clumpy structure. From this, we attempt to identify molecular gas clumps in the data cube, finding 4 possible candidates. We estimate that <40 % of the molecular gas is confined to giant clumps (~1.5 kpc in size), and thus most of the gas could be distributed in small fainter clouds or in fairly diffuse extended regions of lower brightness temperatures than our sensitivity limit.

@misc{aravena2014imaging, abstract = {We present detections of the CO(J= 1-0) emission line in a sample of four massive star-forming galaxies at z~1.5-2.2 obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). Combining these observations with previous CO(2-1) and CO(3-2) detections of these galaxies, we study the excitation properties of the molecular gas in our sample sources. We find an average line brightness temperature ratios of R_{21}=0.70+\-0.16 and R_{31}=0.50+\-0.29, based on measurements for three and two galaxies, respectively. These results provide additional support to previous indications of sub-thermal gas excitation for the CO(3-2) line with a typically assumed line ratio R_{31}~0.5. For one of our targets, BzK-21000, we present spatially resolved CO line maps. At the resolution of 0.18'' (1.5 kpc), most of the emission is resolved out except for some clumpy structure. From this, we attempt to identify molecular gas clumps in the data cube, finding 4 possible candidates. We estimate that <40 % of the molecular gas is confined to giant clumps (~1.5 kpc in size), and thus most of the gas could be distributed in small fainter clouds or in fairly diffuse extended regions of lower brightness temperatures than our sensitivity limit.}, added-at = {2014-04-30T07:59:18.000+0200}, author = {Aravena, Manuel and Hodge, Jacqueline A. and Wagg, Jeff and Carilli, Chris L. and Daddi, Emanuele and Dannerbauer, Helmut and Lentati, Lindley and Riechers, Dominik A. and Sargent, Mark and Walter, Fabian}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26a830bcfea9a6f25bf284e1b2cdc0f6d/miki}, description = {[1404.7393] CO(1-0) line imaging of massive star-forming disk galaxies at z=1.5-2.2}, interhash = {6bc49a4b55f6cd46075a6500101a1aa1}, intrahash = {6a830bcfea9a6f25bf284e1b2cdc0f6d}, keywords = {forming galaxy gas high-z molecular star}, note = {cite arxiv:1404.7393Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS; 8 pages, 5 figures}, timestamp = {2014-04-30T07:59:18.000+0200}, title = {CO(1-0) line imaging of massive star-forming disk galaxies at z=1.5-2.2}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.7393}, year = 2014 }