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Title:
A Search for Dense Gas in Luminous Submillimeter Galaxies with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope
Authors:
Greve, T. R.; Hainline, L. J.; Blain, A. W.; Smail, I.; Ivison, R. J.; Papadopoulos, P. P.
Affiliation:
AA(Astronomy Department, California Institute of Technology, MS 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125; ), AB(Astronomy Department, California Institute of Technology, MS 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125; ), AC(Astronomy Department, California Institute of Technology, MS 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125; ), AD(Institute for Computational Cosmology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK), AE(UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK), AF(Institut für Astronomie, ETH, Scheuchzerstrasse 7, Zurich 8093, Switzerland)
Publication:
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 132, Issue 5, pp. 1938-1943. (AJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
11/2006
Origin:
UCP
AJ Keywords:
Cosmology: Observations, Galaxies: High-Redshift, Galaxies: ISM, Galaxies: Starburst
DOI:
10.1086/507787
Bibliographic Code:
2006AJ....132.1938G

Abstract

We report deep K-band (18-27 GHz) observations with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope of HCN(1-0) line emission toward the two submillimeter-selected galaxies (SMGs) SMM J02399-0136 (z=2.81) and SMM J16359+6612 (z=2.52). For both sources we have obtained spectra with channel-to-channel rms noise of σ<=0.5 mJy, resulting in velocity-integrated line fluxes <~0.1 Jy km s-1, although we do not detect either source. Such sensitive observations, aided by gravitational lensing of the sources, permit us to put upper limits of L'HCN<~2×1010 K km s-1 pc2 on the intrinsic HCN(1-0) line luminosities of the two SMGs. The far-infrared (FIR) luminosities for all three SMGs with sensitive HCN(1-0) observations to date are found to be consistent with the tight FIR-HCN luminosity correlation observed in Galactic molecular clouds, quiescent spiral galaxies, and (ultra) luminous infrared galaxies in the local universe. Thus, the observed HCN luminosities remain in accordance with what is expected from the universal star formation efficiency per dense molecular gas mass implied by the aforementioned correlation, and more sensitive observations with today's large-aperture radio telescopes hold the promise of detecting HCN(1-0) emission in similar objects in the distant universe.
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