The ALMA-CRISTAL survey: Widespread dust-obscured star formation in typical star-forming galaxies at z=4-6

Mitsuhashi, Ikki; Tadaki, Ken-ichi; Ikeda, Ryota; Herrera-Camus, Rodrigo; Aravena, Manuel; De Looze, Ilse; Foerster Schreiber, Natascha M.; Gonzalez-Lopez, Jorge; Spilker, Justin; Assef, Roberto J.; Bouwens, Rychard; Barcos-Munoz, Loreto; Birkin, Jack; Bowler, Rebecca A. A.; Rivera, Gabriela Calistro; et. al.

Abstract

We present the morphological parameters and global properties of dust-obscured star formation in typical star-forming galaxies at z = 4-6. Among 26 galaxies composed of 20 galaxies observed by the Cycle-8 ALMA Large Program, CRISTAL, and 6 galaxies from archival data, we individually detect rest-frame 158 mu m dust continuum emission from 19 galaxies, 9 of which are reported for the first time. The derived far-infrared luminosities are in the range log(10)L(IR) [L-circle dot] = 10.9 - 12.4, an order of magnitude lower than previously detected massive dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs). We find the average relationship between the fraction of dust-obscured star formation (f(obs)) and the stellar mass to be consistent with previous results at z = 4-6 in a mass range of log(10)M(*) [M-circle dot]similar to 9.5 - 11.0 and to show potential evolution from z = 6 - 9. The individual f(obs) exhibits significant diversity, and we find a potential correlation with the spatial offset between the dust and UV continuum, suggesting that inhomogeneous dust reddening may cause the source-to-source scatter in f(obs). The effective radii of the dust emission are on average similar to 1.5 kpc and are about two times more extended than those seen in rest-frame UV. The infrared surface densities of these galaxies (Sigma(IR) similar to 2.0 x 10(10) L-circle dot kpc(-2)) are one order of magnitude lower than those of DSFGs that host compact central starbursts. On the basis of the comparable contribution of dust-obscured and dust-unobscured star formation along with their similar spatial extent, we suggest that typical star-forming galaxies at z = 4 - 6 form stars throughout the entirety of their disks.

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Título de la Revista: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volumen: 690
Editorial: EDP Sciences
Fecha de publicación: 2024
DOI:

10.1051/0004-6361/202348782

Notas: ISI