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NGC 7465分子气体性质的演化

The Evolution of NGC 7465 as Revealed by its Molecular Gas Properties

Lisa M. Young, David S. Meier, Martin Bureau, Alison Crocker, Timothy A. Davis, Selçuk Topal

摘要:

我们提出了ALMA观测CO同位素和高密度分子示踪剂(HCN,HCO+,CN等)。在NGC 7465中,一个异常富含气体的早期星系,最近获得了冷气体。在内部300 pc,分子气体运动学相对于所有其他星系成分是不对齐的;当气体向内工作时,它被扭转到围绕恒星运动学解耦核心(KDC)的极地轨道上,这表明恒星KDC与当前的气体吸积事件无关。该星系的核心也显示出异常高的12 CO/13 CO线比率,但13 CO/C18 O比率是典型的。我们的计算表明,这一结果并不一定表明一个不寻常的[12 CO/13 CO]丰度比,而是12 CO(1-0)是光学薄,由于高温和/或大线宽与内部去耦,错位分子结构。高密度示踪剂的线比表明,NGC 7465中分子气体的密度相比邻近星系的典型密度低,可能是由于最近的气体吸积。所有观察到的NGC 7465的分子性质都与它从螺旋星系获得分子(和原子)气体相一致。对其他早期型星系中的CO同位素的进一步详细研究,对于研究那些可能从矮星获得气体的星系的历史是有价值的。最后,这些ALMA数据还显示了一个未知的线源,可能是一个背景星系,类似于在z=1-3的盲CO调查中发现的星系。

英文摘要:

We present ALMA observations of CO isotopologues and high-density molecular tracers (HCN, HCO+, CN, etc.) in NGC 7465, an unusually gas-rich early-type galaxy that acquired its cold gas recently. In the inner 300 pc, the molecular gas kinematics are misaligned with respect to all other galaxy components; as the gas works its way inward it is torqued into polar orbits about the stellar kinematically-decoupled core (KDC), indicating that the stellar KDC is not related to the current gas accretion event. The galaxy also exhibits unusually high 12CO/13CO line ratios in its nucleus but typical 13CO/C18O ratios. Our calculations show that this result does not necessarily indicate an unusual [12CO/13CO] abundance ratio but rather that 12CO (1-0) is optically thin due to high temperatures and/or large linewidths associated with the inner decoupled, misaligned molecular structure. Line ratios of the higher-density tracers suggest that the densest phase of molecular gas in NGC 7465 has a lower density than is typical for nearby galaxies, possibly as a result of the recent gas accretion. All of the observed molecular properties of NGC 7465 are consistent with it having acquired its molecular (and atomic) gas from a spiral galaxy. Further detailed studies of the CO isotopologues in other early-type galaxies would be valuable for investigating the histories of those that may have acquired their gas from dwarfs. Finally, these ALMA data also show an unidentified line source that is probably a background galaxy similar to those found at z=1-3 in blind CO surveys.

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