The ISM in the z = 6.9 Interacting Galaxies of SPT0311-58

Katrina C. Litke; Daniel P. Marrone; Manuel Aravena; Melanie Archipley; Matthieu Béthermin; James Burgoyne; Jared Cathey; Scott C. Chapman; Anthony H. Gonzalez; Thomas R. Greve; Gayathri Gururajan; Christopher C. Hayward; Matthew A. Malkan; Kedar A. Phadke; Cassie A. Reuter; Kaja M. Rotermund; Justin S. Spilker; Antony A. Stark; Nikolaus Sulzenauer; Joaquin D. Vieira; David Vizgan; Axel Weiß

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acc93a

The ISM in the z = 6.9 Interacting Galaxies of SPT0311-58

Katrina C. Litke^*
, Daniel P. Marrone
, Manuel Aravena
, Melanie Archipley
, Matthieu Béthermin
, James Burgoyne
, Jared Cathey
, Scott C. Chapman
, Anthony H. Gonzalez
, Thomas R. Greve
, Gayathri Gururajan
, Christopher C. Hayward
, Matthew A. Malkan
, Kedar A. Phadke
, Cassie A. Reuter
, Kaja M. Rotermund
, Justin S. Spilker
, Antony A. Stark
, Nikolaus Sulzenauer
, Joaquin D. Vieira

David Vizgan, Axel Weiß

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Arizona
Universidad Diego Portales
University of Illinois
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Aix-Marseille Université
University of British Columbia
University of Florida
Dalhousie University
Flatiron Institute
University of California
Texas A&M University
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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SPT0311-58, a system of two interacting galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization, exists in one of the rarest, most massive dark matter halos theoretically possible in that era. Studying the interstellar medium (ISM) in these galaxies can illuminate the process of galaxy formation in the early Universe. In this work, we explore the multiphase ISM in this system, using ALMA observations of the [C ii] 158, [O i] 146, [N ii] 122, and [O iii] 88 fine-structure lines and dust continuum. We find wide variations in line ratios between the eastern and western galaxies, as well as across the western galaxy.

Original language	English
Article number	87
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	949
Issue number	2
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0004-637X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc93a
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Interstellar medium
High-redshift galaxies

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Litke, K. C., Marrone, D. P., Aravena, M., Archipley, M., Béthermin, M., Burgoyne, J., Cathey, J., Chapman, S. C., Gonzalez, A. H., Greve, T. R., Gururajan, G., Hayward, C. C., Malkan, M. A., Phadke, K. A., Reuter, C. A., Rotermund, K. M., Spilker, J. S., Stark, A. A., Sulzenauer, N., ... Weiß, A. (2023). The ISM in the z = 6.9 Interacting Galaxies of SPT0311-58. Astrophysical Journal, 949(2), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc93a

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The ISM in the z = 6.9 Interacting Galaxies of SPT0311-58

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