%0 Generic %1 dannerbauer2017implications %A Dannerbauer, H. %A Lehnert, M. D. %A Emonts, B. H. C. %A Ziegler, B. %A Altieri, B. %A De Breuck, C. %A Hatch, N. %A Kodama, T. %A Koyama, Y. %A Kurk, J. D. %A Matiz, T. %A Miley, G. %A Narayanan, D. %A Norris, R. %A Overzier, R. %A Roettgering, H. J. A. %A Sargent, M. %A Seymour, N. %A Tanaka, M. %A Valtchanov, I. %A Wylezalek, D. %D 2017 %K CO disk environment group %T The implications of the surprising existence of a large, massive CO disk in a distant protocluster %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.05250 %X It has yet to be established whether the properties of the gas in distant protocluster galaxies are significantly affected by their environment as they are in galaxies in local clusters. Through a deep, 64 hours of effective on-source integration with the ATCA, we discovered a very massive, M_mol=2.0+-0.2x10^11 M_sun, very extended, ~40 kpc, CO(1-0)-emitting disk in the protocluster surrounding the radio galaxy, MRC1138-262. The galaxy, at a redshift z_CO=2.1478, is a clumpy massive disk galaxy, M_star~5x10^11 M_sun, which lies 300 kpc in projection from MRC1138-262 and is a known H-alpha emitter, HAE229. The bulk of the CO emission shows a kinematic gradient along the major axis of the disk, consistent with rotation. A significant fraction of the CO emission lies outside of the UV/optical emitting galaxy and the galaxy has a molecular gas fraction, f_mol~30%. HAE229 follows the relation of normal field star-forming galaxies between star-formation rate and molecular gas mass. HAE229 is the first CO(1-0) detection of an ordinary, star-forming galaxy in a high-redshift protocluster and only the third robust CO(1-0) detection of an H-alpha emitting galaxy in an high-z overdensity. We compare a sample of cluster members at z>0.4 that are detected in low-order CO transitions with a similar sample of sources drawn from the field. We confirm recent findings that the CO-luminosity and FWHM are correlated in dusty starbursts and show that this relation is valid for normal high-z galaxies as well as those in overdensities. We do not find a clear dichotomy in the integrated Schmidt-Kennicutt relation for protocluster and field galaxies. Not finding any environmental dependence in the molecular gas content or star-formation efficiency of galaxies, suggests that environmentally-specific processes such as ram pressure stripping are not operating efficiently in high-z (proto)clusters. (abridged)

@misc{dannerbauer2017implications, abstract = {It has yet to be established whether the properties of the gas in distant protocluster galaxies are significantly affected by their environment as they are in galaxies in local clusters. Through a deep, 64 hours of effective on-source integration with the ATCA, we discovered a very massive, M_mol=2.0+-0.2x10^11 M_sun, very extended, ~40 kpc, CO(1-0)-emitting disk in the protocluster surrounding the radio galaxy, MRC1138-262. The galaxy, at a redshift z_CO=2.1478, is a clumpy massive disk galaxy, M_star~5x10^11 M_sun, which lies 300 kpc in projection from MRC1138-262 and is a known H-alpha emitter, HAE229. The bulk of the CO emission shows a kinematic gradient along the major axis of the disk, consistent with rotation. A significant fraction of the CO emission lies outside of the UV/optical emitting galaxy and the galaxy has a molecular gas fraction, f_mol~30%. HAE229 follows the relation of normal field star-forming galaxies between star-formation rate and molecular gas mass. HAE229 is the first CO(1-0) detection of an ordinary, star-forming galaxy in a high-redshift protocluster and only the third robust CO(1-0) detection of an H-alpha emitting galaxy in an high-z overdensity. We compare a sample of cluster members at z>0.4 that are detected in low-order CO transitions with a similar sample of sources drawn from the field. We confirm recent findings that the CO-luminosity and FWHM are correlated in dusty starbursts and show that this relation is valid for normal high-z galaxies as well as those in overdensities. We do not find a clear dichotomy in the integrated Schmidt-Kennicutt relation for protocluster and field galaxies. Not finding any environmental dependence in the molecular gas content or star-formation efficiency of galaxies, suggests that environmentally-specific processes such as ram pressure stripping are not operating efficiently in high-z (proto)clusters. (abridged)}, added-at = {2017-01-20T10:09:54.000+0100}, author = {Dannerbauer, H. and Lehnert, M. D. and Emonts, B. H. C. and Ziegler, B. and Altieri, B. and De Breuck, C. and Hatch, N. and Kodama, T. and Koyama, Y. and Kurk, J. D. and Matiz, T. and Miley, G. and Narayanan, D. and Norris, R. and Overzier, R. and Roettgering, H. J. A. and Sargent, M. and Seymour, N. and Tanaka, M. and Valtchanov, I. and Wylezalek, D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f356a29c8342da0e815558ae8d149b94/miki}, description = {[1701.05250] The implications of the surprising existence of a large, massive CO disk in a distant protocluster}, interhash = {84acb01d6e7ba0afcb7268ddc8172742}, intrahash = {f356a29c8342da0e815558ae8d149b94}, keywords = {CO disk environment group}, note = {cite arxiv:1701.05250Comment: Submitted to A&A. 14 pages, 8 figures and 4 tables. Comments are welcomed}, timestamp = {2017-01-20T10:09:54.000+0100}, title = {The implications of the surprising existence of a large, massive CO disk in a distant protocluster}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.05250}, year = 2017 }