Abstract
We introduce SERRA, a suite of zoom-in high-resolution ($10\,pc$)
cosmological simulations including non-equilibrium chemistry and on-the-fly
radiative transfer. The outputs are post-processed to derive galaxy UV+FIR
continuum and emission line properties. Results are compared with available
multi-wavelength data to constrain the physical properties (e.g., star
formation rates, stellar/gas/dust mass, metallicity) of high-redshift $6
z 15$ galaxies. This flagship paper focuses on the $z=7.7$
sub-sample, including 207 galaxies with stellar mass $10^7 M_łesssim
M_510^10M_ødot$, and specific star formation ranging
from $sSFR 100\,Gyr^-1$ in young, low-mass galaxies to $\sim
10\,Gyr^-1$ for older, massive ones. At this redshift, SERRA galaxies
are typically bursty, i.e. they are located above the Schmidt-Kennicutt
relation by a factor $\kappa_s = 3.03^+4.9_-1.8$, consistent with recent
findings for OIII and CII emitters at high-$z$. They also show relatively
large $IRX = L_FIR/L_UV$ values as a result of their
compact/clumpy morphology effectively blocking the stellar UV luminosity. Note
that this conclusion might be affected by insufficient spatial resolution at
the molecular cloud level. We confirm that early galaxies lie on the standard
$CII-SFR$ relation; their observed $L_OIII/L_CII \simeq
1-10$ ratios are reproduced without the need of a top-heavy IMF and/or
anomalous C/O abundances. OI line intensities are similar to local ones,
making ALMA high-$z$ detections challenging but feasible ($6\,hr$ for
a SFR of $50\,M_ødot\,yr^-1$).
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