Since their discovery, submillimeter-selected galaxies (SMGs) have
revolutionized the field of galaxy formation and evolution. Hundreds of square
degrees have been mapped at submillimeter wavelengths and notwithstanding the
negative K-correction in the submm bands, where there is no significant loss of
sensitivity to the detection of these sources up to z~10, only a handful of
sources have been confirmed to lie at z>5 and only two at z>6. All of these
SMGs are rare examples of extreme starburst galaxies with star formation rates
(SFRs) of >1000 M_sun/yr and therefore are not representative of the general
population of dusty star-forming galaxies. Consequently, our understanding of
the nature of these sources, at the earliest epochs, is still incomplete. Here
we report the spectroscopic identification of a gravitationally amplified (mu =
9.3 +/- 1.0) dusty star-forming galaxy at z=6.027. After correcting for
gravitational lensing we derive an intrinsic SFR of 380 +/- 50 M_sun/yr for
this source, and find that its gas and dust properties are similar to those
measured for local Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs), extending the
local trends up to an unexplored territory at high redshift. This ULIRG-like
galaxy at z=6 suggests a universal star-formation efficiency during the last
12.8 Gyr for dusty star-forming galaxies.
Beschreibung
[1707.09022] An amplified dusty star-forming galaxy at z=6: unveiling an elusive population of galaxies
%0 Generic
%1 zavala2017amplified
%A Zavala, Jorge A.
%A Montaña, Alfredo
%A Hughes, David H.
%A Yun, Min S.
%A Ivison, R. J.
%A Valiante, Elisabetta
%A Wilner, David
%A Spilker, Justin
%A Aretxaga, Itziar
%A Eales, Stephen
%A Avila-Reese, Vladimir
%A Chávez, Miguel
%A Cooray, Asantha
%A Dannerbauer, Helmut
%A Dunlop, James S.
%A Dunne, Loretta
%A Gómez-Ruiz, Arturo I.
%A Michalowski, Michal J.
%A Narayanan, Gopal
%A Nayyeri, Hooshang
%A Oteo, Ivan
%A González, Daniel Rosa
%A Sánchez-Argüelles, David
%A Serjeant, Stephen
%A Smith, Matthew W. L.
%A Terlevich, Elena
%A Vega, Olga
%A Villalba, Alan
%A van der Werf, Paul
%A Wilson, Grant W.
%A Zeballos, Milagros
%D 2017
%K dust forming galaxy high-z star
%T An amplified dusty star-forming galaxy at z=6: unveiling an elusive
population of galaxies
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1707.09022
%X Since their discovery, submillimeter-selected galaxies (SMGs) have
revolutionized the field of galaxy formation and evolution. Hundreds of square
degrees have been mapped at submillimeter wavelengths and notwithstanding the
negative K-correction in the submm bands, where there is no significant loss of
sensitivity to the detection of these sources up to z~10, only a handful of
sources have been confirmed to lie at z>5 and only two at z>6. All of these
SMGs are rare examples of extreme starburst galaxies with star formation rates
(SFRs) of >1000 M_sun/yr and therefore are not representative of the general
population of dusty star-forming galaxies. Consequently, our understanding of
the nature of these sources, at the earliest epochs, is still incomplete. Here
we report the spectroscopic identification of a gravitationally amplified (mu =
9.3 +/- 1.0) dusty star-forming galaxy at z=6.027. After correcting for
gravitational lensing we derive an intrinsic SFR of 380 +/- 50 M_sun/yr for
this source, and find that its gas and dust properties are similar to those
measured for local Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs), extending the
local trends up to an unexplored territory at high redshift. This ULIRG-like
galaxy at z=6 suggests a universal star-formation efficiency during the last
12.8 Gyr for dusty star-forming galaxies.
@misc{zavala2017amplified,
abstract = {Since their discovery, submillimeter-selected galaxies (SMGs) have
revolutionized the field of galaxy formation and evolution. Hundreds of square
degrees have been mapped at submillimeter wavelengths and notwithstanding the
negative K-correction in the submm bands, where there is no significant loss of
sensitivity to the detection of these sources up to z~10, only a handful of
sources have been confirmed to lie at z>5 and only two at z>6. All of these
SMGs are rare examples of extreme starburst galaxies with star formation rates
(SFRs) of >1000 M_sun/yr and therefore are not representative of the general
population of dusty star-forming galaxies. Consequently, our understanding of
the nature of these sources, at the earliest epochs, is still incomplete. Here
we report the spectroscopic identification of a gravitationally amplified (mu =
9.3 +/- 1.0) dusty star-forming galaxy at z=6.027. After correcting for
gravitational lensing we derive an intrinsic SFR of 380 +/- 50 M_sun/yr for
this source, and find that its gas and dust properties are similar to those
measured for local Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs), extending the
local trends up to an unexplored territory at high redshift. This ULIRG-like
galaxy at z=6 suggests a universal star-formation efficiency during the last
12.8 Gyr for dusty star-forming galaxies.},
added-at = {2017-07-31T10:25:35.000+0200},
author = {Zavala, Jorge A. and Montaña, Alfredo and Hughes, David H. and Yun, Min S. and Ivison, R. J. and Valiante, Elisabetta and Wilner, David and Spilker, Justin and Aretxaga, Itziar and Eales, Stephen and Avila-Reese, Vladimir and Chávez, Miguel and Cooray, Asantha and Dannerbauer, Helmut and Dunlop, James S. and Dunne, Loretta and Gómez-Ruiz, Arturo I. and Michalowski, Michal J. and Narayanan, Gopal and Nayyeri, Hooshang and Oteo, Ivan and González, Daniel Rosa and Sánchez-Argüelles, David and Serjeant, Stephen and Smith, Matthew W. L. and Terlevich, Elena and Vega, Olga and Villalba, Alan and van der Werf, Paul and Wilson, Grant W. and Zeballos, Milagros},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b18ab2a0f317a122a572f9387f3417ef/miki},
description = {[1707.09022] An amplified dusty star-forming galaxy at z=6: unveiling an elusive population of galaxies},
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intrahash = {b18ab2a0f317a122a572f9387f3417ef},
keywords = {dust forming galaxy high-z star},
note = {cite arxiv:1707.09022Comment: Submitted to Nature Astronomy},
timestamp = {2017-07-31T10:25:35.000+0200},
title = {An amplified dusty star-forming galaxy at z=6: unveiling an elusive
population of galaxies},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1707.09022},
year = 2017
}