Silicate Emission in the Spitzer IRS spectrum of FSC 10214+4724

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2006-01-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601061v1

Astrophys.J. 638 (2006) L1-L4

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/500791

We present the first MIR spectrum of the z=2.2856 ultraluminous, infrared galaxy FSC 10214+4724, obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope. The spectrum spans a rest wavelength range of 2.3-11.5 microns, covering a number of key diagnostic emission and absorption features. The most prominent feature in the IRS spectrum is the silicate emission at rest-frame 10 microns. We also detect an unresolved emission line at a rest wavelength of 7.65 microns which we identify with [NeVI], and a slightly resolved feature at 5.6 microns identified as a blend of [Mg VII] and [Mg V]. There are no strong PAH emission features in the FSC 10214+4724 spectrum. We place a limit of 0.1 micron on the equivalent width of 6.2 micron PAH emission but see no evidence of a corresponding 7.7 micron feature. Semi-empirical fits to the spectral energy distribution suggest about 45% of the bolometric luminosity arises from cold 50 K dust, half arises from warm (190 K) dust, and the remainder, 5%, originates from hot (640 K) dust. The hot dust is required to fit the blue end of the steep MIR spectrum. The combination of a red continuum, strong silicate emission, little or no PAH emission, and no silicate absorption, makes FSC 10214+4724 unlike most other ULIRGs or AGN observed thus far with IRS. These apparently contradictory properties may be explained by an AGN which is highly magnified by the lens, masking a (dominant) overlying starburst with unusually weak PAH emission.

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