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NGC 2768中的分子极盘

The molecular polar disc in NGC 2768

Alison F. Crocker, Martin Bureau, Lisa M. Young, Francoise Combes

摘要:

本文给出了用IRAM Plateau de Bure干涉仪获得的椭圆星系NGC 2768分子极盘的CO(1-0)和CO(2-1)图。CO(1-0)和CO(2-1)谱线的分辨率分别为2.6”x 2.3”和1.2”x 1.2”。CO地图完成了NGC 2768的星际介质(ISM)的独特图像;尘埃,分子气体,电离气体和中性氢(HI)追踪最近获得的半径超过两个数量级的冷和冷气体(密度更大)。与其他ISM分量一致,CO分布几乎垂直于星系的光度主轴。CO的速度图显示在内部千秒差距内有一个旋转的极盘或极环。这种冷气体可能导致NGC 2768内部的运动学亚结构形成。然而,从光学积分场摄谱仪SAURON得到的恒星速度场和H-β吸收线强度图并没有显示出年轻的、动态冷的恒星星族与分子极盘重合。尽管如此,最近或微弱的恒星形成,在线强度上无法检测到,仍然是一种可能性,并且可能是观察到的一些电离气体的起源。在NGC 2768中也发现了毫米连续辐射,它是目前仅有的几个低光度活动星系核之一。

英文摘要:

We present CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) maps of the molecular polar disc in the elliptical galaxy NGC 2768 obtained at the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. The maps have a resolution of 2.6" x 2.3" and 1.2" x 1.2" for the CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) lines, respectively. The CO maps complete the unique picture of the interstellar medium (ISM) of NGC 2768; the dust, molecular gas, ionised gas and neutral hydrogen (HI) trace the recent acquisition of cold and cool gas over two orders of magnitude in radii (and much more in density). In agreement with the other ISM components, the CO distribution extends nearly perpendicularly to the photometric major axis of the galaxy. Velocity maps of the CO show a rotating polar disc or ring in the inner kiloparsec. This cool gas could lead to kinematic substructure formation within NGC 2768. However, the stellar velocity field and H-beta absorption linestrength maps from the optical integral-field spectrograph SAURON give no indication of a young and dynamically cold stellar population coincident with the molecular polar disc. Very recent or weak star formation, undetectable in linestrengths, nevertheless remains a possibility and could be at the origin of some of the ionised gas observed. Millimetre continuum emission was also detected in NGC 2768, now one of only a few low-luminosity active galactic nuclei with observed millimetre continuum emission.

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