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ALMA对NGC 253中心恒星形成的99 GHz自由-自由和H40 $α$线发射的观测

ALMA observations of 99 GHz free-free and H40$α$ line emission from star formation in the centre of NGC 253

G. J. Bendo, R. J. Beswick, M. J. D'Cruze, C. Dickinson, G. A. Fuller, T. W. B. Muxlow

摘要:

我们提出阿塔卡马大毫米/亚毫米阵列观测99.02 GHz的自由和H40 $α$发射从附近的星爆星系NGC 253的中心。我们计算的光电离气体的电子温度为3700-4500 K,这与以前的测量结果一致。我们测量的光致电离光子产生率的$(3.2\pm0.2)\times10^{53}$的$^{-1}$和恒星形成率的$1.73\pm0.12$ M $_\odot$年$^{-1}$在中央20 $\times$ 10角秒,这属于广泛的测量范围内,从以前的毫米波和射电观测,但更好地约束。我们还表明,尘埃不透明度比从以前的近红外数据推断的高3倍,这说明了在非常多尘的来源使用毫米恒星形成示踪剂的好处。

英文摘要:

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of 99.02 GHz free-free and H40$α$ emission from the centre of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253. We calculate electron temperatures of 3700-4500 K for the photoionized gas, which agrees with previous measurements. We measure a photoionizing photon production rate of $(3.2\pm0.2)\times10^{53}$ s$^{-1}$ and a star formation rate of $1.73\pm0.12$ M$_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$ within the central 20$\times$10 arcsec, which fall within the broad range of measurements from previous millimetre and radio observations but which are better constrained. We also demonstrate that the dust opacities are ~3 dex higher than inferred from previous near-infrared data, which illustrates the benefits of using millimetre star formation tracers in very dusty sources.

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