A first systematic study of [OIII] 88 μ m at z > 8 : two luminous oxygen lines and a powerful ionized outflow in the first 600 million years

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Authors: Hiddo Algera, John R. Weaver, Tom J. L. C. Bakx, Manuel Aravena, R. J. Bouwens, Karin Cescon, Chian-Chou Chen, Elisabete da Cunha, Pratika Dayal, Andreas L. Faisst, Andrea Ferrara, Seiji Fujimoto
+26 more Takuya Hashimoto, K. E. Heintz, Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Jacqueline Hodge, Hanae Inami, Akio K. Inoue, Jorryt Matthee, R. A. Meyer, Shoichiro Mizukoshi, Chayan Mondal, Themiya Nanayakkara, Pascal A. Oesch, A. Pallottini, Huub J. A. Röttgering, Lucie E. Rowland, Sander Schouws, Renske Smit, Laura Sommovigo, Daniel P. Stark, Yuma Sugahara, Livia Vallini, Bovornpratch Vijarnwannaluk, Paul van der Werf, Norbert Werner, Joris Witstok, Mengyuan Xiao
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Abstract

We present deep ALMA Band 7 observations of the [ O I I I ] 88 μ m line and underlying dust continuum emission in four UV-bright, gravitationally lensed (magnification μ = 1.4 − 3.8 ), JWST-selected galaxies at z = 8.5 − 10.3 , with observed magnitudes − 22.5 ≲ M U V ≲ − 20.5 . [ O I I I ] is confidently detected in UNCOVER-10646 at z = 8.5080 ± 0.0011 ( 15 σ ) and DHZ1 at z = 9.3113 ± 0.0006 ( 6 σ ), with both being intrinsically luminous systems [ L [ O I I I ] = ( 1.1 − 1.6 ) × 10 9 L ⊙ ] that follow the local [ O I I I ] -SFR relation. [ O I I I ] 88 μ m remains undetected in the two z > 10 targets, including in the z = 10.07 X-ray AGN UHZ1, where we obtain a deep limit of L [ O

Fields of Study & Subjects

Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Galaxies: Formation Evolution Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Publication details

Journal / source
The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Volume
9
Publication date
21 July 2026
Language
EN