Detection of CO J=1-0 in the z=3.79 radio galaxy 4C60.07

Details Detection of CO J=1-0 in the z=3.79 radio galaxy 4C60.07 Detection of CO J=1-0 in the z=3.79 radio galaxy 4C60.07

2004-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402464v1

Astron.Astrophys. 419 (2004) 99-107

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20035788

We report on the detection of the lowest CO J = 1 - 0 transition in the powerful high-redshift radio galaxy 4C60.07 at z = 3.79. The CO emission is distributed in two spatially and kinematically distinct components as was previously known from the observations of the higher excitation CO J = 4 - 3 line. The total molecular gas mass in 4C60.07 inferred from the CO J = 1 - 0 emission is M(H_2) = 1.3 x 10^11 M_sun, sufficient to fuel the inferred star-formation rate of ~1600 M_sun yr^-1 for 10^8 yrs. From our high-resolution CO J = 1 - 0 VLA maps we find the dynamical mass of 4C60.07 to be comparable to that of a giant elliptical at the present time. A significant fraction of the mass is in the form of molecular gas suggesting that 4C60.07 is in an early state of its evolution. The merging nature of 4C60.07 along with its large dynamical mass imply that this system is a giant elliptical caught in its formative stages.

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