High-resolution ALMA study of CO (2-1) line and dust continuum emissions in cluster galaxies at z = 1.46

Abstract

We present new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) results obtained from spatially resolved CO $J$=2-1 line ($0.4^{\prime \prime }$ resolution) and 870 $\mu$m continuum ($0.2^{\prime \prime }$ resolution) observations of cluster galaxies in XMMXCS J2215.9-1738 at $z=1.46$. Our sample comprises 17 galaxies within $\sim 0.5$ Mpc ($0.6R_{200}$) of the cluster center, all of which have previously been detected in the CO $J$=2-1 line at a lower resolution. The effective radii of both the CO $J$=2-1 line and 870 $\mu$m dust continuum emissions are robustly measured for nine galaxies by modeling the visibilities. We find that the CO $J$=2-1 line emission in all of the nine galaxies is more extended than the dust continuum emission by a factor of $2.8\pm 1.4$. We investigate the spatially resolved Kennicutt-Schmidt (KS) relation in two regions within the interstellar medium of the galaxies. The relation for our sample reveals that the central region ($0<r<R_{e,870\mu \mathrm{m}}$) of galaxies tends to have a shorter gas depletion timescale, i.e., a higher star formation efficiency, compared to the extended region ($R_{e,870\mu \mathrm{m}}<r<R_{e,\mathrm{CO}}$). Overall, our result suggests that star formation activities are concentrated inside the extended gas reservoir, possibly resulting in the formation of a bulge structure. We find consistency between the ALMA 870 $\mu$m radii of star-forming members and the Hubble Space Telescope/1.6 $\mu$m radii of passive members in a mass-size distribution, which suggests a transition from star-forming to passive members within $\sim 0.5$ Gyr. In addition, no clear differences in the KS relation nor in the sizes are found between galaxies with and without a close companion.

To appear in ApJ, minor revisions during proofing process, 21 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables

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