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在NGC 253中心区域发现一个巨大的分子环

Discovery of a giant molecular loop in the central region of NGC 253

R. Konishi, R. Enokiya, Y. Fukui, K. Muraoka, K. Tokuda, T. Onishi

摘要:

NGC 253是一个SAB(s)c型的星暴星系,由于其在无与伦比的近距离上的高活动性而越来越受到人们的关注。它的能量事件表现为中心分子区的垂直气体特征,恒星反馈被认为是驱动引擎。为了追求活动的细节,我们已经进行了运动学分析的ALMA存档数据的$^{12}$ CO($J$ =3-2)的最高分辨率$\sim$ 3 pc的排放。我们发现,在中心分子区的非旋转的气体成分之一,显示出$\sim$ 200 pc半径的环状结构。环状结构与星团有关,而星团不在环状结构内,不太可能是环状结构形成的驱动力。进一步,我们发现NGC 253的棒势似乎太弱,不能通过偏心轨道驱动气体运动。作为替代方案,我们框架的情况下,磁加速帕克不稳定性是负责创建的环状结构。我们发现,所观察到的环状结构的性质是类似于那些在银河系,并认为,最近的磁流体力学模拟借给支持的图片具有$\gtrsim$ 100 $μ$ G的磁场强度。我们认为,团簇形成是由下降的气体的循环,这是一个典型的动力学时间尺度的循环$\sim$ 1百万年的足点相一致。

英文摘要:

NGC 253 is a starburst galaxy of SAB(s)c type with increasing interest because of its high activity at unrivaled closeness. Its energetic event is manifested as the vertical gas features in its central molecular zone, for which stellar feedback was proposed as the driving engine. In order to pursue details of the activity, we have undertaken a kinematic analysis of the ALMA archive data of $^{12}$CO($J$=3-2) emission at the highest resolution $\sim$3 pc. We revealed that one of the non-rotating gas components in the central molecular zone shows a loop-like structure of $\sim$200 pc radius. The loop-like structure is associated with a star cluster, whereas the cluster is not inside the loop-like structure and is not likely as the driver of the loop-like structure formation. Further, we find that the bar potential of NGC 253 seems to be too weak to drive the gas motion by the eccentric orbit. As an alternative, we frame a scenario that magnetic acceleration by the Parker instability is responsible for the creation of the loop-like structure. We show that the observed loop-like structure properties are similar to those in the Milky Way, and argue that recent magneto-hydrodynamics simulations lend support for the picture having the magnetic field strength of $\gtrsim$100 $μ$G. We suggest that cluster formation was triggered by the falling gas to the footpoint of the loop, which is consistent with a typical dynamical timescale of the loop $\sim$1 Myr.

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