Gravitationally Lensed View of DSFG-1 in PLCK G165.7+67.0: Strong Dust Emission and Spatially Resolved Stellar Population Analysis with JWST and SMA

Abstract

We present a detailed stellar population analysis of the strongly lensed dusty star-forming galaxy (DSFG) PLCK G165.7+67.0 DSFG-1 at $z=2.236$, combining JWST NIRCam imaging with new Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations. This source is multiply imaged into two lensed components: image 1a, with a moderate magnification factor of $\hat{I}¼\sim 5$, and image 1bc, with an extreme magnification factor of $\hat{I}¼\sim 40$. The new SMA observations detect significant dust continuum emission at 225GHz and 273GHz, with combined flux densities of $S_{\mathrm{cont}}=(1.19\pm 0.38)$ mJy in image 1a and $S_{\mathrm{cont}}=(10.02\pm 0.85)$ mJy in image 1bc, indicating active star formation at sub-kpc scale. Based on the integrated SED modeling, DSFG-1 exhibits a lensing amplification-corrected stellar mass of $M_{\star }=(1.2\pm 0.4)\times 10^{10}{M}_{\odot }$, and a star-formation rate (SFR) of $(103\pm 14)M_{\odot }\mathrm{y}{\mathrm{r}}^{-1}$, similar to previous $H\hat{I}\pm$-based results, placing it four times above the star-forming main sequence at this redshift. Its location on the size-mass plane and its morphological properties suggest that the system occupies a transitional phase between star-forming late-type galaxies and compact early-type systems. Together with its elevated star-formation activity, this is consistent with a rapidly evolving galaxy observed during Cosmic Noon. We further investigate the spatially resolved stellar population properties, and found significant spatial variations in stellar age and dust attenuation. These results point to a non-uniform star-formation history and highlight the complex interplay between dust geometry, stellar growth, and gravitational lensing, consistent with a merger scenario.

16 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables, accepted by ApJ

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