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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 265, 2022
Multi-line Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium
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| Article Number | 00045 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226500045 | |
| Published online | 07 September 2022 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226500045
CH+(1-0) in a z~2.8 galaxy group: Probe of multi-phasic turbulent gas reservoirs
1 LPENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Paris, France
2 Max Planck Institute fur Astronomie, Garching, Germany
3 European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
4 Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique, Saint Martin d’Hères, France
5 Green Bank Observatory, Green Bank, WV, USA
6 Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
7 Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France
8 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
9 Max Planck Institute fur Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
* e-mail: alba.vidal@ens.fr
** e-mail: edith.falgarone@ens.fr
Published online: 7 September 2022
Starburst galaxies at redshifts z~2 to 4 are among the most intensely star-forming galaxies in the universe. The way they accrete their gas to form stars at such high rates is still a controversial issue. We have detected the CH+(1-0) line in emission and/or in absorption in all the gravitationally lensed starburst galaxies observed so far with ALMA in this redshift range. The unique spectroscopic and chemical properties of CH+ allow its rotational transition to highlight the sites of dissipation of mechanical energy. Whilst the absorption lines reveal highly turbulent reservoirs of low-density molecular gas extending far out of the galaxies, the broad emission lines with widths up to a few thousands of km/s, arise in myriad molecular shocks powered by the feedback of star formation and possibly active galactic nuclei. The CH+(1-0) lines therefore probe the sites of prodigious energy releases, mainly stored in turbulent reservoirs before being radiated away. These turbulent reservoirs act as extended buffers of mass and energy over timescales of a few tens to hundreds of Myr. Their mass supply involves multi-phasic gas inflows from galaxy mergers and/or cold stream accretion, as supported by Keck/KCWI Lyα observations of one of these starburst galaxies.
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