The Evolution of Dust in the Early Universe with Applications to the Galaxy SDSS J1148+5251

Details The Evolution of Dust in the Early Universe with Applications to the Galaxy SDSS J1148+5251 The Evolution of Dust in the Early Universe with Applications to the Galaxy SDSS J1148+5251

2007-05-25

arxiv.org/abs/0705.3799v1

Astrophys.J.662:927-939,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

35 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/518430

Dusty hyperluminous galaxies in the early universe provide unique environments for studying the role of massive stars in the formation and destruction of dust. At redshifts above ~ 6, when the universe was less than ~ 1 Gyr old, dust could have only condensed in the explosive ejecta of Type II supernovae (SNe), since most of the progenitors of the AGB stars, the major alternative source of interstellar dust, did not have time to evolve off the main sequence since the onset of star formation. In this paper we present analytical models for the evolution of the gas, dust, and metals in high redshift galaxies, with a special application to SDSS J1148+5251, a hyperluminous quasar at z = 6.4. We find that an average supernova must condense at least 1 Msun of dust to account for the observed dust mass in this quasar. Observationally, it is in excess of the largest dust yield of ~0.02 Msun found thus far in the ejecta of any SN. If future observations find this to be a typical supernova dust yield, then additional processes, such as accretion onto preexisting grains, or condensation around the AGN will need to be invoked to account for the large amount of dust in this and similar objects. The galaxy's star formation history is still uncertain, and current observations of the gas, metal, and dust contents of J1148 can be reproduced by either an intensive and short burst of star formation (~ 1000 Msun/yr) with a duration of ~ 100 Myr, or a much lower star formation rate (~ 100 Msun/yr) occurring over the lifetime of the galaxy.

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