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IZw 18中极弱的CO发射

Extremely weak CO emission in IZw 18

Luwenjia Zhou, Yong Shi, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Junzhi Wang

摘要:

局部贫金属星系是原始星系的理想类似物,其星际介质(ISM)几乎不富含金属。然而,目前还不清楚一氧化碳是否仍然是一个很好的示踪剂和冷却剂的分子气体在低金属丰度。基于升级的北方扩展毫米波阵列(NOEMA)的观测,我们报告了IZw 18中CO $J$ =2-1发射的边缘检测,将检测限推低至$L^\prime_{\rm CO(2-1)}$ =3.99 $\times$ 10 $^3$ K km $^{-1}$ pc $^{-2}$,这比以前的研究低至少40倍。作为最贫金属的星系之一,IZw 18尽管有着旺盛的恒星形成活动,但其CO含量却极低。与其他星系相比,相对于其红外光度,恒星形成率和[CII]光度,如此低的CO含量表明ISM属性在太阳金属丰度的几个百分比上发生了显着变化。特别是,相对于CO的高[CII]光度意味着比IZw 18中的CO发射体更大的分子库。我们还获得了上限的1.3毫米的连续,其中排除了亚毫米过剩IZw 18。

英文摘要:

Local metal-poor galaxies are ideal analogues of primordial galaxies with the interstellar medium (ISM) barely being enriched with metals. However, it is unclear whether carbon monoxide remains a good tracer and coolant of molecular gas at low metallicity. Based on the observation with the upgraded Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA), we report a marginal detection of CO $J$=2-1 emission in IZw18, pushing the detection limit down to $L^\prime_{\rm CO(2-1)}$=3.99$\times$10$^3$ K km$^{-1}$pc$^{-2}$, which is at least 40 times lower than previous studies. As one of the most metal-poor galaxies, IZw18 shows extremely low CO content despite its vigorous star formation activity. Such low CO content relative to its infrared luminosity, star formation rate, and [CII] luminosity, compared with other galaxies, indicates a significant change in the ISM properties at a few percent of the Solar metallicity. In particular, the high [CII] luminosity relative to CO implies a larger molecular reservoir than the CO emitter in IZw18. We also obtain an upper limit of the 1.3mm continuum, which excludes a sub-millimetre excess in IZw18.

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