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邻近强射电星系中的分子气体

Molecular gas in nearby powerful radio galaxies

B. Ocana-Flaquer, S. Leon, L. Lim, Dinh-V-Trung, F. Combes

摘要:

强大的射电活动星系核通常由大质量的椭圆星系所承载,这些星系通常分子气体非常贫乏。尽管如此,在核活动的中心仍然需要天然气。因此,研究这类天体中分子气体的起源、分布和运动规律具有重要意义。我们在IRAM-30 m望远镜上对本宇宙中最强的射电星系进行了CO(1-0)和CO(2-1)发射的调查,仅根据它们的射电连续通量进行选择。这次调查的主要结果是,与FIR选定的星系相比,这些星系的分子气体含量非常低。考虑到上限,分子气体质量的中值为1 × 10^8 Msun;如果我们将所有星系一起计算,并将它们分为FR-I型和FR-II型星系,就会发现它们之间存在着重要的差异。此外,CO光谱表明,在这些射电星系的中心分子气体盘的存在。我们的结果与以前的调查,主要是通过FIR发射选择,观察到更大的分子气体质量。第一个结果表明,小合并是很好的候选人燃料的中央部分的射电星系的样本。

英文摘要:

Powerful radio-AGN are normally hosted by massive elliptical galaxies which are usually very poor in molecular gas. Nevertheless the gas is needed in the very center to feed the nuclear activity. Thus it is important to study the origin, the distribution and the kinematics of the molecular gas in such objects. We have performed at the IRAM-30m telescope a survey of the CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) emission in the most powerful radio galaxies of the Local Universe, selected only on the basis of their radio-continuum fluxes. The main result of this survey is the very low content in molecular gas of such galaxies compared to FIR selected galaxies. The median value of the molecular gas mass, taking into account the upper limits, is 1x10^8 Msun; if we calculate it for all the galaxies together, and if we separate them into FR-I and FR-II type galaxies, an important difference is found between them. Moreover, the CO spectra indicates the presence of a central molecular gas disk in these radio galaxies. Our results contrast with previous surveys, mainly selected through the FIR emission, with a larger mass of molecular gas observed. The first results indicate that minor mergers are good candidates to fuel the central part of the radio galaxies of our sample.

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