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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 530, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116868
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galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: ISM; submillimeter: galaxies; infrared: galaxies
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- Lorne Trottier Chair in Astrophysics and Cosmology at McGill, the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Centre of Research in Astrophysics of Quebec
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/F002092/1, ST/I001557/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23654068] Funding Source: KAKEN
- STFC [ST/F002092/1, ST/I001557/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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We present the detection of bright [CII] emission in the z = 4.76 submillimetre galaxy LESS J033229.4-275619 using the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment. This represents the highest redshift [CII] detection in a submm selected, star-formation dominated system. The AGN contributions to the [CII] and far-infrared (FIR) luminosities are small. We find an atomic mass derived from [CII] comparable to the molecular mass derived from CO. The ratio of the [CII], CO and FIR luminosities imply a radiation field strength G(0) similar to 10(3) and a density similar to 10(4) cm(-3) in a kpc-scale starburst, as seen in local and high redshift starbursts. The high L-[CII]/L-FIR = 2.4x10(-3) and the very high L-[CII]/LCO(1-0) approximate to 10(4) are reminiscent of low metallicity dwarf galaxies, suggesting that the highest redshift star-forming galaxies may also be characterised by lower metallicities. We discuss the implications of a reduced metallicity on studies of the gas reservoirs, and conclude that especially at very high redshift, [CII] may be a more powerful and reliable tracer of the interstellar matter than
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