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NGC 6764中心区的核恒星爆发驱动演化

Nuclear starburst-driven evolution of the central region in NGC 6764

S. Leon, A. Eckart, S. Laine, J. K. Kotilainen, E. Schinnerer, S. -W. Lee, M. Krips, J. Reunanen, J. Scharwachter

摘要:

我们研究了活动星系中的CO和射电连续辐射,分析了中心活动和分子气体之间的相互作用。我们提出了新的高分辨率观测CO(1-0)和CO(2-1)的发射线,和3.5厘米和20厘米的射电连续辐射在中央区域的LINER/星暴星系NGC 6764。该星系在射电连续谱中具有外流形态,在空间上与CO和H $α$发射一致,并且在LINER核处稍微偏离射电连续谱峰值。中心的总分子气体质量约为7 × 10^8 \msun,使用的CO光度与总分子气体的转换因子比标准转换因子低三倍。CO(1-0)辐射出现在射电连续辐射锥的边界附近。流出有一个预计的膨胀速度为25公里/秒,相对于系统的速度NGC 6764。在流出物中检测到约4 × 10^6 \msun分子气体。由转动曲线导出了动态内Lindblad共振的近似位置(~1 kpc)。CO发射的峰值与射电连续谱的峰值有轻微的偏移(< 200 pc)。分子气体很可能是由最近的星暴中的恒星风喷射出来的,但是CO谱线比率显示出与活动星系核相互作用的迹象。核爆发释放的能量足以解释观测到的外流,即使数据不能排除活动星系核是主要的能量来源。外流与流体动力学模拟的比较表明,核星爆是3- 7百万年的年龄和泡沫状流出仍然是有限的,而不是自由膨胀。

英文摘要:

We study the CO and the radiocontinuum emission in an active galaxy to analyze the interplay between the central activity and the molecular gas. We present new high-resolution observations of the CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) emission lines, and 3.5 cm and 20 cm radio continuum emission in the central region of the LINER/starburst galaxy NGC 6764. The galaxy has an outflow morphology in radio continuum, spatially coincident with the CO and H$α$ emission, and centered slightly off the radio continuum peak at the LINER nucleus. The total molecular gas mass in the center is about 7x10^8 \msun, using a CO luminosity to total molecular gas conversion factor that is three times lower than the standard one. CO(1-0) emission is found near the boundaries of the radio continuum emission cone. The outflow has a projected expansion velocity of 25 km/s relative to the systemic velocity of NGC6764. About 4x 10^6 \msun of molecular gas is detected in the outflow. The approximate location (~1 kpc) of the dynamical inner Lindblad resonance has been derived from the rotation curve. The peak of the CO emission is slightly (< 200 pc) offset from the peak of the radio continuum. The molecular gas has most likely been ejected by the stellar winds from the recent starburst, but the CO line ratios show indication of an interaction with the AGN. The energy released by the nuclear starburst is sufficient to explain the observed outflow, even if the data cannot exclude the AGN from being the major energy source. Comparison of the outflow with hydrodynamical simulations suggests that the nuclear starburst is 3--7 Myr old and the bubble-like outflow is still confined and not freely expanding.

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