| Name | OT2_driecher_3 |
| Title | Does the Most Distant Starburst Galaxy Host an AGN? |
| URL | http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/whsa-tap-server/data?retrieval_type=OBSERVATION&observation_id=1342258026&instrument_name=PACS&product_level=LEVEL0&compress=true |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-wi7u99f |
| Author | riechers, d. |
| Description | In our deep, blind wide-band millimeter spectroscopic follow-up campaign on HerMES Herschel/SPIRE sources, we have recently made a spectacular discovery. Based on the secure identification of a suite of atomic fine structure and molecular lines, we have discovered Herschels first-born starburst, a submillimeter galaxy at an unprecedented redshift of z=6.34, when the Universe was only 885 million years old. This source, dubbed FLS3, has a 250um to 20cm spectral energy distribution (SED) comparable to lower redshift starbursts (in the rest frame). However, due to its extreme redshift, the blue wing of the SED below 250um (rest-frame 34um) is only poorly constrained. This prevents investigations of the potential presence of warm, >100K dust associated with a dust-enshrouded, optically faint active galactic nucleus (AGN), for which there may be tentative evidence in the extensive, panchromatic dataset we were able to assemble on this source over the past three months. PACS photometry is perfectly suited to remedy this unfortunate gap in our wavelength coverage, as it covers the rest-frame 8-29um range - ideal to investigate the presence of warm dust associated with an obscured AGN. The proposed, inexpensive study (only 3.9hr of PACS photometry) will offer us a first glimpse into the science that SPICA will enable in the very early Universe at the end of this decade. |
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| Instrument | PACS_PacsPhoto_largeScan |
| Temporal Coverage | 2013-01-01T15:38:26Z/2013-01-01T19:26:21Z |
| Version | SPG v14.2.0 |
| Mission Description | Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities. |
| Creator Contact | https://support.cosmos.esa.int/h®erschel/ |
| Date Published | 2013-07-01T18:30:11Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-02 |
| Keywords | Herschel Space Observatory data, ESA Herschel mission dataset, far-infrared astronomy observations, submillimeter astronomy data, infrared space telescope observations, PACS photometer data, PACS spectrometer data, SPIRE photometer data, SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer data, HIFI heterodyne spectroscopy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, submillimeter spectral line observations, cold universe observations dataset, star formation infrared data, molecular cloud far-infrared observations, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, protoplanetary disk infrared observations, galaxy evolution far-infrared data, dust emission submillimeter observations, cosmic infrared background measurements, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated level 2 data products, FITS files astronomy, spectral cubes far-infrared, flux-calibrated maps, continuum photometry data, spectral energy distribution measurements, ESA Herschel Science Archive data |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, riechers et al., 2013, 'Does the Most Distant Starburst Galaxy Host an AGN?', SPG v14.2.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-wi7u99f |