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THE WATER VAPOR SPECTRUM OF APM 08279+5255: X-RAY HEATING AND INFRARED PUMPING OVER HUNDREDS OF PARSECS
2011
Astrophysical Journal Letters
We present the rest-frame 200--320 spectrum of the z=3.91 quasar , obtained with Z-Spec at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. In addition to the to CO rotational transitions which dominate the CO cooling, we find six transitions of water originating at energy levels ranging up to 643 K. Most are first detections at high redshift, and we have confirmed one transition with CARMA. The CO cooling is well-described by our XDR model, assuming L_ 1-100 keV∼1×10^46 erg s^-1, and that the gas is
doi:10.1088/2041-8205/741/2/l37
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