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STAR-FORMING GALAXIES; LENSED SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES; ULTRALUMINOUS
INFRARED GALAXIES; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI;
MOLECULAR GAS; HIGH-REDSHIFT; HOST GALAXIES; INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM; WISSH
QUASARSAstronomy & Astrophysics;
Abstract:
Some high-z active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are found to reside in extreme star-forming galaxies, such as hyperluminous infrared galaxies (HyLIRGs), with AGN-removed L-IR of >10(13)L(circle dot). In this paper, we report NOEMA observations of six apparent starburst HyLIRGs associated with optical quasars at z similar to 2-3 in the Stripe 82 field, to study their dust and molecular CO properties. Five out of the six candidates are detected with CO(4-3) or CO(5-4) emission, and four in the 2 mm dust continuum. Based on the linewidth-LCO(1-0)' diagnostics, we find that four galaxies are likely unlensed or weakly lensed sources. The molecular gas mass is in the range of mu M-H2 similar to 0.8-9.7x10(10 )M(circle dot) (with alpha = 0.8 M-circle dot(K kms(-1 )pc(2))(-1), where mu is the unknown possible gravitational magnification factor). We fit their spectral energy distributions, after including the observed 2 mm fluxes and upper limits, and estimate their apparent (uncorrected for possible lensing effects) star formation rates (mu SFRs) to be similar to 400-2500 M-circle dot yr(-1), with a depletion time of similar to 20-110 Myr. We notice interesting offsets, of similar to 10-40 kpc spatially or similar to 1000-2000 km s(-1) spectroscopically, between the optical quasar and the millimeter continuum or CO emissions. The observed velocity shift is likely related to the blueshifted broad-emission-line region of quasars, though mergers or recoiling black holes are also possible causes, which can explain the spatial offsets and the high intrinsic star formation rates in the HyLIRG quasar systems.
