High Redshift HCN Emission: Dense Star-Forming Molecular Gas in IRAS F10214+4724

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2004-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409232v1

Astrophys.J. 614 (2004) L97-L100

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 2 figures; accepted ApJ(Letters)

Scientific paper

10.1086/425656

Hydrogen cyanide emission in the J=1-0 transition has been detected at redshift z=2.2858 in IRAS F10214+4724 using the Green Bank Telescope . This is the second detection of HCN emission at high redshift. The large HCN line luminosity in F10214 is similar to that in the Cloverleaf (z=2.6) and the ultra-luminous infrared galaxies Mrk231 and Arp220. This is also true of the ratio of HCN to CO luminosities. The ratio of far-infrared luminosity to HCN luminosity, an indicator of the star formation rate per solar mass of dense gas, follows the correlation found for normal spirals and infrared luminous starburst galaxies. F10214 clearly contains a starburst that contributes, together with its embedded quasar, to its overall infrared luminosity. A new technique for removing spectral baselines in the search for weak, broad emission lines is presented.

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