Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift
The largest galaxies in the universe reside in galaxy clusters. Using sensitive observations of carbon monoxide, we show that the Spiderweb galaxy - a massive galaxy in a distant protocluster - is forming from a large reservoir of molecular gas. Most of this molecular gas lies between the protoclust...
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| author | Emonts, B. Lehnert, M. Villar-Martín, M. Norris, R. Ekers, R. Van Moorsel, G. Dannerbauer, H. Pentericci, L. Miley, G. Allison, J. Sadler, E. Guillard, P. Carilli, C. Mao, M. Röttgering, H. De Breuck, C. Seymour, Nick Gullberg, B. Ceverino, D. Jagannathan, P. Vernet, J. Indermuehle, B. |
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| description | The largest galaxies in the universe reside in galaxy clusters. Using sensitive observations of carbon monoxide, we show that the Spiderweb galaxy - a massive galaxy in a distant protocluster - is forming from a large reservoir of molecular gas. Most of this molecular gas lies between the protocluster galaxies and has low velocity dispersion, indicating that it is part of an enriched intergalactic medium. This may constitute the reservoir of gas that fuels the widespread star formation seen in earlier ultraviolet observations of the Spiderweb galaxy. Our results support the notion that giant galaxies in clusters formed from extended regions of recycled gas at high redshift. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-179092018-03-29T09:07:32Z Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift Emonts, B. Lehnert, M. Villar-Martín, M. Norris, R. Ekers, R. Van Moorsel, G. Dannerbauer, H. Pentericci, L. Miley, G. Allison, J. Sadler, E. Guillard, P. Carilli, C. Mao, M. Röttgering, H. De Breuck, C. Seymour, Nick Gullberg, B. Ceverino, D. Jagannathan, P. Vernet, J. Indermuehle, B. The largest galaxies in the universe reside in galaxy clusters. Using sensitive observations of carbon monoxide, we show that the Spiderweb galaxy - a massive galaxy in a distant protocluster - is forming from a large reservoir of molecular gas. Most of this molecular gas lies between the protocluster galaxies and has low velocity dispersion, indicating that it is part of an enriched intergalactic medium. This may constitute the reservoir of gas that fuels the widespread star formation seen in earlier ultraviolet observations of the Spiderweb galaxy. Our results support the notion that giant galaxies in clusters formed from extended regions of recycled gas at high redshift. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17909 10.1126/science.aag0512 The American Association for the Advancement of Science restricted |
| spellingShingle | Emonts, B. Lehnert, M. Villar-Martín, M. Norris, R. Ekers, R. Van Moorsel, G. Dannerbauer, H. Pentericci, L. Miley, G. Allison, J. Sadler, E. Guillard, P. Carilli, C. Mao, M. Röttgering, H. De Breuck, C. Seymour, Nick Gullberg, B. Ceverino, D. Jagannathan, P. Vernet, J. Indermuehle, B. Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift |
| title | Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift |
| title_full | Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift |
| title_fullStr | Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift |
| title_short | Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift |
| title_sort | molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17909 |