Characterizing CO Emitters in the SSA22-AzTEC26 Field

Abstract

We report the physical characterization of four CO emitters detected near the bright submillimeter galaxy (SMG) SSA22-AzTEC26. We analyze the data from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillileter Array band 3, 4, and 7 observations of the SSA22-AzTEC26 field. In addition to the targeted SMG, we detect four line emitters with a signal-to-noise ratio $>5.2$ in the cube smoothed with 300 km s${}^{-1}$ FWHM Gaussian filter. All four sources have NIR counterparts within 1$\arcsec$. We perform UV-to-FIR spectral energy distribution modeling to derive the photometric redshifts and physical properties. Based on the photometric redshifts, we reveal that two of them are CO(2-1) at redshifts of 1.113 and 1.146 and one is CO(3-2) at $z=2.124$. The three sources are massive galaxies with a stellar mass $\gtrsim 10^{10.5}{M}_{\odot }$, but have different levels of star formation. Two lie within the scatter of the main sequence (MS) of star-forming galaxies at $z\sim 1-2$, and the most massive galaxy lies significantly below the MS. However, all three sources have a gas fraction within the scatter of the MS scaling relation. This shows that a blind CO line search can detect massive galaxies with low specific star formation rates that still host large gas reservoirs and that it also complements targeted surveys, suggesting later gas acquisition and the need for other mechanisms in addition to gas consumption to suppress star formation.

accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

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