Vallini, L, Witstok, J, Sommovigo, L, Pallottini, A, Ferrara, A, Carniani, S, Kohandel, M, Smit, R, Gallerani, S and Gruppioni, C (2023) Spatially resolved Kennicutt–Schmidt relation at z ≈ 7 and its connection with the interstellar medium properties. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527 (1). pp. 10-22. ISSN 0035-8711

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Abstract

We exploit moderately resolved [O III], [C II] and dust continuum ALMA observations to derive the gas density (n), the gas-phase metallicity (Z), and the deviation from the Kennicutt–Schmidt (KS) relation (κs) on ≈ sub − kpc scales in the interstellar medium (ISM) of five bright Lyman Break Galaxies at the Epoch of Reionization (z ≈ 7). To do so, we use GLAM, a state-of-art, physically motivated Bayesian model that links the [C II]and [O III]surface brightness (Σ[CII], Σ[OIII]) and the SFR surface density (ΣSFR) to n, κs, and Z. All five sources are characterized by a central starbursting region, where the Σgas versus ΣSFR align ≈10 × above the KS relation (κs ≈ 10). This translates into gas depletion times in the range tdep ≈ 80 − 250 Myr. The inner starbursting centres are characterized by higher gas density (log (n/cm−3) ≈ 2.5–3.0) and higher metallicity (log (Z/Z) ≈ −0.5) than the galaxy outskirts. We derive marginally negative radial metallicity gradients (∇log Z ≈ −0.03 ± 0.07 dex/kpc), and a dust temperature (Td ≈ 32 − 38 K) that anticorrelates with the gas depletion time.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; Astronomy & Astrophysics
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher:	Oxford University Press (OUP)
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2023 15:49
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2023 16:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1093/mnras/stad3150
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22075

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