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Seyfert星系NGC4945的环核分子气体

The Circumnuclear Molecular Gas in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC4945

Richard C. Y. Chou, A. B. Peck, J. Lim, S. Matsushita, S. Muller, S. Sawada-Satoh, Dinh-V-Trung, F. Boone, C. Henkel

摘要:

我们用亚毫米波阵列以$5\farc \times 3\farc$的角分辨率绘制了NGC 4945在$^{12}$ CO、$^{13}$ CO和C $^{18}$ O的$J=2\to1$跃迁以及1.3 mm处的连续谱的中心区域。NGC 4945的相对接近(距离只有3.8 Mpc)允许详细研究一个星系中的环核分子气体和尘埃,该星系在一个半径为$\sim$ 2 \farcs 5($\sim$ 50 pc)的倾斜环中既表现出活动星系核(被归类为塞弗特2),又表现出环核星暴。我们发现,所有三个分子线跟踪一个倾斜的旋转盘主轴对准的星爆环和大规模的银河系盘,并表现出固体旋转半径为$\sim$ 5 \farc($\sim$ 95 pc)。我们推断$62^{\circ} \pm 2^{\circ}$的核盘的倾角,略小于大规模的银河系盘的$\sim$ $78^{\circ}$的倾角。在1.3毫米的连续辐射也延伸到星暴环之外,主要是来自尘埃的热辐射。如果它追踪到发出远红外线的相同尘埃,那么这些尘埃的大部分必须被恒星形成活动加热,而不是AGN。我们发现了一个运动解耦组件的半径小于$1\farcs4$(27 pc)的磁盘的中心,但它跨越了大约相同的速度范围作为周围的磁盘。这个组件有一个更高的密度比它的周围环境,是一个很有前途的候选人的环核分子环面所调用的活动星系核统一模型。

英文摘要:

We have mapped the central region of NGC 4945 in the $J=2\to1$ transition of $^{12}$CO, $^{13}$CO, and C$^{18}$O, as well as the continuum at 1.3 mm, at an angular resolution of $5\farc \times 3\farc$ with the Submillimeter Array. The relative proximity of NGC 4945 (distance of only 3.8 Mpc) permits a detailed study of the circumnuclear molecular gas and dust in a galaxy exhibiting both an AGN (classified as a Seyfert 2) and a circumnuclear starburst in an inclined ring with radius $\sim$2\farcs5 ($\sim$50 pc). We find that all three molecular lines trace an inclined rotating disk with major axis aligned with that of the starburst ring and large-scale galactic disk, and which exhibits solid-body rotation within a radius of $\sim$5\farc ($\sim$95 pc). We infer an inclination for the nuclear disk of $62^{\circ} \pm 2^{\circ}$, somewhat smaller than the inclination of the large-scale galactic disk of $\sim$$78^{\circ}$. The continuum emission at 1.3 mm also extends beyond the starburst ring, and is dominated by thermal emission from dust. If it traces the same dust emitting in the far-infrared, then the bulk of this dust must be heated by star-formation activity rather than the AGN. We discover a kinematically-decoupled component at the center of the disk with a radius smaller than $1\farcs4$ (27 pc), but which spans approximately the same range of velocities as the surrounding disk. This component has a higher density than its surroundings, and is a promising candidate for the circumnuclear molecular torus invoked by AGN unification models.

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