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用阿塔卡马紧凑天线阵对小麦哲伦云北部区域的无偏CO巡天。I.概述:CO云分发

An Unbiased CO Survey Toward the Northern Region of the Small Magellanic Cloud with the Atacama Compact Array. I. Overview: CO Cloud Distributions

Kazuki Tokuda, Hiroshi Kondo, Takahiro Ohno, Ayu Konishi, Hidetoshi Sano, Kisetsu Tsuge, Sarolta Zahorecz, Nao Goto, Naslim Neelamkodan, Tony Wong, Marta Sewiło… 展开作者

Kazuki Tokuda, Hiroshi Kondo, Takahiro Ohno, Ayu Konishi, Hidetoshi Sano, Kisetsu Tsuge, Sarolta Zahorecz, Nao Goto, Naslim Neelamkodan, Tony Wong, Marta Sewiło, Hajime Fukushima, Tatsuya Takekoshi, Kazuyuki Muraoka, Akiko Kawamura, Kengo Tachihara, Yasuo Fukui, Toshikazu Onishi

摘要:

利用ALMA的ACA独立模式对小麦哲伦云(SMC)北部地区进行了大尺度CO观测。本研究的主要目的是全面了解CO作为H $_2$示踪剂在低金属环境($Z\sim0.2~Z_{\odot}$)中的行为。镶嵌场的总数是$\sim$ 8000,这导致0.26 $~$度$^{2}$($\sim$ 2.9 $\times$ 10 $^{5}$ $~$ pc $^2$)的场覆盖,对应于星系的$\sim$ 10 $\%$区域。灵敏的$\sim$ 2 $~$ PC分辨率观测揭示了之前在单盘NANTEN调查中检测到的分子云的详细结构。我们已经探测到了一些紧凑的CO云在较低的H $_2$柱密度($\sim$ 10 $^{20}$ $~$ cm $^{-2}$)区域的角尺度是类似的ACA束的大小。本次调查中的大多数云也显示峰值亮度温度低至$<$ 1 $~$ K,这对于光学厚的CO发射意味着发射尺寸远小于光束尺寸,导致光束稀释。通过热尘埃排放追踪的总分子物质的可用估计与当前CO调查之间的比较表明,超过$\sim$ 90 $\%$ H $_2$的气体不能通过低$J$ CO排放来追踪。我们处理的数据立方体和2-D图像是公开的。

英文摘要:

We have analyzed the data from a large-scale CO survey toward the northern region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) obtained with the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) stand-alone mode of ALMA. The primary aim of this study is to comprehensively understand the behavior of CO as an H$_2$ tracer in a low-metallicity environment ($Z\sim0.2~Z_{\odot}$). The total number of mosaic fields is $\sim$8000, which results in a field coverage of 0.26$~$degree$^{2}$ ($\sim$2.9 $\times$10$^{5}$$~$pc$^2$), corresponding to $\sim$10$\%$ area of the galaxy. The sensitive $\sim$2$~$pc resolution observations reveal the detailed structure of the molecular clouds previously detected in the single-dish NANTEN survey. We have detected a number of compact CO clouds within lower H$_2$ column density ($\sim$10$^{20}$$~$cm$^{-2}$) regions whose angular scale is similar to the ACA beam size. Most of the clouds in this survey also show peak brightness temperature as low as $<$1$~$K, which for optically thick CO emission implies an emission size much smaller than the beam size, leading to beam dilution. The comparison between an available estimation of the total molecular material traced by thermal dust emission and the present CO survey demonstrates that more than $\sim$90$\%$ H$_2$ gas cannot be traced by the low-$J$ CO emission. Our processed data cubes and 2-D images are publicly available.

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