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极贫金属星系I Zw 18的低CO含量

The Low CO Content of the Extremely Metal Poor Galaxy I Zw 18

Adam Leroy, John Cannon, Fabian Walter, Alberto Bolatto, Axel Weiss

摘要:

我们提出了敏感的分子线观测的贫金属的蓝色致密矮星I Zw 18获得的IRAM高原德布尔干涉仪。这些数据将我们300 pc(半高宽)光束中的CO J = 1 - 0光度限制为L_CO <1 \times 10^5 K km s ^-1 pc ^2(I_CO <1 K km s ^-1),比以前的极限低一个数量级。虽然I Zw 18是恒星爆发,但它的CO光度与附近的低质量不规则星(如NGC 1569、SMC和NGC 6822)相似或更低。相对于它的B波段光度、HI质量或恒星形成率,I Zw 18中的CO比螺旋星系或矮星暴星系(包括附近的矮星暴IC 10)少。将恒星形成速率与我们的CO上限进行比较,我们发现除非分子气体在I Zw 18中形成恒星的效率比我们银河系高得多,否则它的CO与H_2的比率一定很低,即\sim是银河系的10 ^-2倍。我们检测到3毫米的连续发射,大概是由于热尘埃和自由-自由发射,朝向无线电峰值。

英文摘要:

We present sensitive molecular line observations of the metal-poor blue compact dwarf I Zw 18 obtained with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer. These data constrain the CO J=1-0 luminosity within our 300 pc (FWHM) beam to be L_CO < 1 \times 10^5 K km s^-1 pc^2 (I_CO < 1 K km s^-1), an order of magnitude lower than previous limits. Although I Zw 18 is starbursting, it has a CO luminosity similar to or less than nearby low-mass irregulars (e.g. NGC 1569, the SMC, and NGC 6822). There is less CO in I Zw 18 relative to its B-band luminosity, HI mass, or star formation rate than in spiral or dwarf starburst galaxies (including the nearby dwarf starburst IC 10). Comparing the star formation rate to our CO upper limit reveals that unless molecular gas forms stars much more efficiently in I Zw 18 than in our own galaxy, it must have a very low CO-to-H_2 ratio, \sim 10^-2 times the Galactic value. We detect 3mm continuum emission, presumably due to thermal dust and free-free emission, towards the radio peak.

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