The mid-infrared and CO gas properties of an extreme star-forming FeLoBAL quasar

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: The mid-infrared and CO gas properties of an extreme star-forming FeLoBAL quasar
المؤلفون: Lura K. Pitchford, Duncan Farrah, Giulio Violino, Andreas Efstathiou, Katherine Alatalo, Mark Lacy, Jose Afonso, Evanthia Hatziminaoglou, Tanya Urrutia
بيانات النشر: arXiv, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics, Active galactic nucleus, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Infrared, Star formation, Star (game theory), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Luminosity, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation)
الوصف: We present a detailed study of a high-redshift iron low-ionization broad absorption line (FeLoBAL) quasar (SDSS1214 at $z = 1.046$), including new interferometric $^{12}$CO $J$=2-1 observations, optical through far-infrared photometry, and mid-infrared spectroscopy. The CO line is well-fit by a single Gaussian centered 40 kms$^{-1}$ away from the systemic velocity and implies a total molecular gas mass of $M_\textrm{gas} = 7.3 \times 10^{10} \textrm{M}_\odot$. The infrared SED requires three components: an active galactic nucleus (AGN) torus, an AGN polar dust component, and a starburst. The starburst dominates the infrared emission with a luminosity of log($L_\textrm{SB}[\textrm{L}_\odot]) = 12.91^{+0.02}_{-0.02}$, implying a star formation rate of about 2000 $\textrm{M}_{\odot}$yr$^{-1}$, the highest known among FeLoBAL quasars. The AGN torus and polar dust components are less luminous, at log($L_\textrm{AGN}[\textrm{L}_\odot]) = 12.36^{+0.14}_{-0.15}$ and log($L_\textrm{dust}[\textrm{L}_\odot]) = 11.75^{+0.26}_{-0.46}$, respectively. If all of the molecular gas is used to fuel the ongoing star formation, then the lower limit on the subsequent duration of the starburst is 40 Myr. We do not find conclusive evidence that the AGN is affecting the CO gas reservoir. The properties of SDSS1214 are consistent with it representing the endpoint of an obscured starburst transitioning through a LoBAL phase to that of a classical quasar.
Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1906.01640
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a2020fe453cff878084f54f8d4e1555c
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....a2020fe453cff878084f54f8d4e1555c
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
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DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1906.01640