Detections of far-infrared [OIII] and dust emission in a galaxy at z = 8.312: Early metal enrichment in the heart of the reionization era

Y. Tamura*, K. Mawatari, T. Hashimoto, A. K. Inoue, E. Zackrissonm, L. Christensen, C. Binggeli, Y. Matsuda, H. Matsuo, T. T. Takeuchi, R. S. Asano, K. Sunaga, I. Shimizu, T. Okamoto, N. Yoshida, M. Lee, T. Shibuya, Y. Taniguchi, H. Umehata, B. HatsukadeK. Kohno, K. Ota

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Abstract

We present ALMA detection of the [O iii] 88 μm line and 850 μm dust continuum emission in a Y-dropout Lyman break galaxy, MACS0416-Y1. The [O iii] detection confirms the object with a spectroscopic redshift to be z = 8.3118±0.0003. The 850 μm continuum intensity (0.14 mJy) implies a large dust mass on the order of 4×106M . The ultraviolet-to-far infrared spectral energy distribution modeling, where the [O iii] emissivity model is incorporated, suggests the presence of a young (τage 4 Myr), star-forming (SFR 60M yr-1), and moderately metal-polluted (Z 0.2Z ) stellar component with a stellar mass of 3 × 108M . An analytic dust mass evolution model with a single episode of star formation does not reproduce the metallicity and dust mass in 4 Myr, suggesting an underlying evolved stellar component as the origin of the dust mass.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-215
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume15
Issue numberS341
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • galaxies: ISM
  • galaxies: formation
  • galaxies: high-redshift

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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