Megaparsec-scale structure around the protocluster core SPT2349-56 at z = 4.3
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2020-05
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Oxford University Press
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We present an extensive ALMA spectroscopic follow-up programme of the $z\, {=}\, 4.3$ structure SPT2349-56, one of the most actively star-forming protocluster cores known, to identify additional members using their [C ii] 158 μm and CO(4-3) lines. In addition to robustly detecting the 14 previously published galaxies in this structure, we identify a further 15 associated galaxies at $z\, {=}\, 4.3$, resolving 55$\, {\pm }\,$5 per cent of the 870 μm flux density at 0.5 arcsec resolution compared to 21 arcsec single-dish data. These galaxies are distributed into a central core containing 23 galaxies extending out to 300 kpc in diameter, and a northern extension, offset from the core by 400 kpc, containing three galaxies. We discovered three additional galaxies in a red Herschel-SPIRE source 1.5 Mpc from the main structure, suggesting the existence of many other sources at the same redshift as SPT2349-56 that are not yet detected in the limited coverage of our data. An analysis of the velocity distribution of the central galaxies indicates that this region may be virialized with a mass of (9$\pm 5)\, {\times }\, 10^{12}$ M⊠, while the two offset galaxy groups are about 30 and 60 per cent less massive and show significant velocity offsets from the central group. We calculate the [C ii] and far-infrared number counts, and find evidence for a break in the [C ii] luminosity function. We estimate the average SFR density within the region of SPT2349-56 containing single-dish emission (a proper diameter of 720 kpc), assuming spherical symmetry, to be roughly 4$\, {\times }\, 10^4$ M⊠yr-1 Mpc-3; this may be an order of magnitude greater than the most extreme examples seen in simulations. © 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Galaxies: formation, Galaxies: evolution
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 495, Issue 3, July 2020, Pages 3124–3159
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10.1093/mnras/staa1275