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Molecular Gas In The Z = 2.8 Submillimeter Galaxy Smm 02399-0136, D T. Frayer, R J. Ivison, N Z. Scoville, Min S. Yun, A S. Evans, Ian Smail, A W. Blain, J P. Kneib
Molecular Gas In The Z = 2.8 Submillimeter Galaxy Smm 02399-0136, D T. Frayer, R J. Ivison, N Z. Scoville, Min S. Yun, A S. Evans, Ian Smail, A W. Blain, J P. Kneib
Min S. Yun
We report the detection of CO (3→2) emission from the submillimeter-selected hyperluminous galaxy SMM 02399-0136. This galaxy is the brightest source detected in the recent Submillimeter Common-User Bolometer Array surveys of the submillimeter sky. The optical counterpart of the submillimeter source has been identified as a narrow-line active galactic nucleus/starburst galaxy at z=2.8. The CO emission is unresolved, θlesssim5'', and is coincident in redshift and position with the optical counterpart. The molecular gas mass derived from the CO observations is 8×1010 h−275 M_{{\odot}}, after correcting for a lensing amplification factor of 2.5. The large CO luminosity suggests that a significant …