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ALMA reveals potential evidence for spiral arms, bars, and rings in high-redshift submillimeter galaxies

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ALMA reveals potential evidence for spiral arms, bars, and rings in high-redshift submillimeter galaxies. / Hodge, J. A.; Smail, I.; Walter, F. et al.
In: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 876, No. 2, 130, 10.05.2019.

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Hodge, JA, Smail, I, Walter, F, Cunha, ED, Swinbank, AM, Rybak, M, Venemans, B, Brandt, WN, Rivera, GC, Chapman, SC, Chen, C-C, Cox, P, Dannerbauer, H, Decarli, R, Greve, TR, Ivison, RJ, Knudsen, KK, Menten, KM, Schinnerer, E, Simpson, JM, Werf, PVD, Wardlow, JL & Weiss, A 2019, 'ALMA reveals potential evidence for spiral arms, bars, and rings in high-redshift submillimeter galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 876, no. 2, 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1846

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Hodge, J. A., Smail, I., Walter, F., Cunha, E. D., Swinbank, A. M., Rybak, M., Venemans, B., Brandt, W. N., Rivera, G. C., Chapman, S. C., Chen, C.-C., Cox, P., Dannerbauer, H., Decarli, R., Greve, T. R., Ivison, R. J., Knudsen, K. K., Menten, K. M., Schinnerer, E., ... Weiss, A. (2019). ALMA reveals potential evidence for spiral arms, bars, and rings in high-redshift submillimeter galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, 876(2), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1846

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Hodge JA, Smail I, Walter F, Cunha ED, Swinbank AM, Rybak M et al. ALMA reveals potential evidence for spiral arms, bars, and rings in high-redshift submillimeter galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 2019 May 10;876(2):130. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab1846

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Hodge, J. A. ; Smail, I. ; Walter, F. et al. / ALMA reveals potential evidence for spiral arms, bars, and rings in high-redshift submillimeter galaxies. In: The Astrophysical Journal. 2019 ; Vol. 876, No. 2.

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abstract = " We present sub-kpc-scale mapping of the 870 $\mu$m ALMA continuum emission in six luminous ($L_{\rm IR}~\sim~5~\times10^{12}$ L$_{\odot}$) submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) from the ALESS survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. Our high-fidelity 0.07$''$-resolution imaging ($\sim$500 pc) reveals robust evidence for structures with deconvolved sizes of $\lesssim$0.5-1 kpc embedded within (dominant) exponential dust disks. The large-scale morphologies of the structures within some of the galaxies show clear curvature and/or clump-like structures bracketing elongated nuclear emission, suggestive of bars, star-forming rings, and spiral arms. In this interpretation, the ratio of the `ring' and `bar' radii (1.9$\pm$0.3) agrees with that measured for such features in local galaxies. These potential spiral/ring/bar structures would be consistent with the idea of tidal disturbances, with their detailed properties implying flat inner rotation curves and Toomre-unstable disks (Q",
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AU - Hodge, J. A.

AU - Smail, I.

AU - Walter, F.

AU - Cunha, E. da

AU - Swinbank, A. M.

AU - Rybak, M.

AU - Venemans, B.

AU - Brandt, W. N.

AU - Rivera, G. Calistro

AU - Chapman, S. C.

AU - Chen, Chian-Chou

AU - Cox, P.

AU - Dannerbauer, H.

AU - Decarli, R.

AU - Greve, T. R.

AU - Ivison, R. J.

AU - Knudsen, K. K.

AU - Menten, K. M.

AU - Schinnerer, E.

AU - Simpson, J. M.

AU - Werf, P. van der

AU - Wardlow, J. L.

AU - Weiss, A.

PY - 2019/5/10

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N2 - We present sub-kpc-scale mapping of the 870 $\mu$m ALMA continuum emission in six luminous ($L_{\rm IR}~\sim~5~\times10^{12}$ L$_{\odot}$) submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) from the ALESS survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. Our high-fidelity 0.07$''$-resolution imaging ($\sim$500 pc) reveals robust evidence for structures with deconvolved sizes of $\lesssim$0.5-1 kpc embedded within (dominant) exponential dust disks. The large-scale morphologies of the structures within some of the galaxies show clear curvature and/or clump-like structures bracketing elongated nuclear emission, suggestive of bars, star-forming rings, and spiral arms. In this interpretation, the ratio of the `ring' and `bar' radii (1.9$\pm$0.3) agrees with that measured for such features in local galaxies. These potential spiral/ring/bar structures would be consistent with the idea of tidal disturbances, with their detailed properties implying flat inner rotation curves and Toomre-unstable disks (Q

AB - We present sub-kpc-scale mapping of the 870 $\mu$m ALMA continuum emission in six luminous ($L_{\rm IR}~\sim~5~\times10^{12}$ L$_{\odot}$) submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) from the ALESS survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. Our high-fidelity 0.07$''$-resolution imaging ($\sim$500 pc) reveals robust evidence for structures with deconvolved sizes of $\lesssim$0.5-1 kpc embedded within (dominant) exponential dust disks. The large-scale morphologies of the structures within some of the galaxies show clear curvature and/or clump-like structures bracketing elongated nuclear emission, suggestive of bars, star-forming rings, and spiral arms. In this interpretation, the ratio of the `ring' and `bar' radii (1.9$\pm$0.3) agrees with that measured for such features in local galaxies. These potential spiral/ring/bar structures would be consistent with the idea of tidal disturbances, with their detailed properties implying flat inner rotation curves and Toomre-unstable disks (Q

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