DUALZ -- Deep UNCOVER-ALMA Legacy High-$Z$ Survey
Authors: Seiji Fujimoto, Rachel Bezanson, Ivo Labbe, Gabriel Brammer, Sedona H. Price, Bingjie Wang, John R. Weaver, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Pascal A. Oesch, Christina C. Williams, Pratika Dayal, Robert Feldmann, Jenny E. Greene, Joel Leja, Katherine E. Whitaker, Adi Zitrin, Sam E. Cutler, Lukas J. Furtak, Richard Pan, Iryna Chemerynska, Vasily Kokorev, Tim B. Miller, Hakim Atek, Pieter van Dokkum, Stephanie Juneau, Susan Kassin, Gourav Khullar, Danilo Marchesini, Michael Maseda, Erica J. Nelson, David J. Setton, Renske Smit
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- ALMA Cycle 9 program of DUALZ aims to establish a joint ALMA and JWST public legacy field targeting the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744
- DUALZ program features a contiguous $4'\times6'$ ALMA 30-GHz-wide mosaic in Band 6
- Identified 69 dust continuum sources with S/N greater than or equal to 5.0, with median redshift of $z=2.30$ and intrinsic flux at 1.2 mm wavelength ($S_{\rm 1.2mm}^{\rm int}$) of $0.24$ mJy
- Spectroscopically confirmed 27 sources using NIRSpec observations, while photometric redshift estimates available for remaining sources based on \hst, NIRCam, and ALMA data
- Discovered a \cii158 $\mu$m line emitter at redshift $z=6.3254\pm0.0004$, confirmed through NIRSpec spectroscopy
- Observed undisturbed morphologies in counterparts of the observed continuum sources with NIRCam, indicating less catastrophic triggers for faint millimeter emission compared to mergers
- Discovered eight \hst-dark galaxies and two JWST-dark galaxy candidates among the ALMA continuum sources
- Detected marginal dust emission from an X-ray-detected galaxy at a spectroscopic redshift of $z_{\rm spec}=10.07$, suggesting active coevolution between its central black hole and host galaxy up to high redshifts ($z\sim10$)
- Assessed infrared luminosity function up to this redshift range and found it consistent with predictions from galaxy formation models
Abstract: We present the survey design and initial results of the ALMA Cycle~9 program of DUALZ, which aims to establish a joint ALMA and JWST public legacy field targeting the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744. DUALZ features a contiguous $4'\times6'$ ALMA 30-GHz-wide mosaic in Band 6, covering areas of $\mu>2$ down to a sensitivity of $\sigma=32.7$~$\mu$Jy. Through a blind search, we identified 69 dust continuum sources at S/N $\gtrsim5.0$ with median redshift and intrinsic 1.2-mm flux of $z=2.30$ and $S_{\rm 1.2mm}^{\rm int}=0.24$~mJy. Of these, 27 have been spectroscopically confirmed, leveraged by the latest NIRSpec observations, while photometric redshift estimates are constrained by the comprehensive \hst, NIRCam, and ALMA data for the remaining sources. With priors, we further identify a \cii158~$\mu$m line emitter at $z=6.3254\pm0.0004$, confirmed by the latest NIRSpec spectroscopy. The NIRCam counterparts of the 1.2-mm continuum exhibit undisturbed morphologies, denoted either by disk or spheroid, implying the triggers for the faint mm emission are less catastrophic than mergers. We have identified 8 \hst-dark galaxies (F150W$>$27~mag, F150W$-$F444W$>$2.3) and 2 JWST-dark (F444W$>$30~mag) galaxy candidates among the ALMA continuum sources. The former includes face-on disk galaxies, hinting that substantial dust obscuration does not always result from inclination. We also detect a marginal dust emission from an X-ray-detected galaxy at $z_{\rm spec}=10.07$, suggesting an active co-evolution of the central black hole and its host. We assess the infrared luminosity function up to $z\sim10$ and find it consistent with predictions from galaxy formation models. To foster diverse scientific outcomes from the community, we publicly release reduced ALMA mosaic maps, cubes, and the source catalog (URL: https://jwst-uncover.github.io/DR2.html\#DUALZ).
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