Accurate dust temperature determination in a z=7.13 galaxy

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  • Tom J. L. C. Bakx
  • Laura Sommovigo
  • Stefano Carniani
  • Andrea Ferrara
  • Hollis B. Akins
  • Seiji Fujimoto
  • Masato Hagimoto
  • Kirsten K. Knudsen
  • Andrea Pallottini
  • Yoichi Tamura
  • Watson, Darach Jafar

We report ALMA Band 9 continuum observations of the normal, dusty star-forming galaxy A1689-zD1 at z = 7.13, resulting in a similar to 4.6 sigma detection at 702GHz. For the first time, these observations probe the far-infrared spectrum shortward of the emission peak of a galaxy in the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Together with ancillary data from earlier works, we derive the dust temperature, T-d, and mass, M-d, of A1689-zD1 using both traditional modified blackbody spectral energy density fitting, and a new method that relies only on the [CII] 158 mu m line and underlying continuum data. The two methods give T-d = (42(-7)(+13), 40(-7)(+13))K, and M-d = (1.7(-7)(+13), 2.0(-7)(+13)). Band 9 observations improve the accuracy of the dust temperature (mass) estimate by similar to 50 per cent (6 times). The derived temperatures confirm the reported increasing T-d-redshift trend between z = 0 and 8; the dust mass is consistent with a supernova origin. Although A1689-zD1 is a normal UV-selected galaxy, our results, implying that similar to 85 per cent of its star-formation rate is obscured, underline the non-negligible effects of dust in EoR galaxies.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume508
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)L58-L63
Number of pages6
ISSN0035-8711
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Nov 2021

    Research areas

  • dust, extinction, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: formation, galaxies: high-redshift, galaxies: individual: (A1689-zD1), submillimetre: galaxies, 158 MU-M, ALMA SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY, DEEP FIELD, CONTINUUM EMISSION, INFRARED-EMISSION, INTERSTELLAR DUST, DARK, UV, LUMINOSITY, EPOCH

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