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NGC 6240核区的分子气体

Molecular Gas in the Nuclear Region of NGC 6240

Adalyn Fyhrie, Jason Glenn, Naseem Rangwala, Jordan Wheeler, Sara Beck, John Bally

摘要:

NGC 6240是一个明亮的红外星系,位于本宇宙中,正在进行一次大合并。我们分析了高分辨率的干涉观测温暖的分子气体使用CO J = 3 - 2和6 - 5的中央几千秒差距的NGC 6240所采取的阿塔卡马大毫米阵列。利用这些CO线的观测,我们模拟了星系核之间的分子气体的密度分布和运动学。我们的模型表明,磁盘模型表示的数据差。相反,我们认为,观测结果与两个原子核之间的潮汐桥是一致的。我们还观察到高速红移的气体,没有被捕获的模型。这些发现揭示了可能影响星系演化和相应恒星形成的小尺度过程。

英文摘要:

NGC 6240 is a luminous infrared galaxy in the local universe in the midst of a major merger. We analyze high-resolution interferometric observations of warm molecular gas using CO J = 3 - 2 and 6 - 5 in the central few kpc of NGC 6240 taken by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. Using these CO line observations, we model the density distribution and kinematics of the molecular gas between the nuclei of the galaxies. Our models suggest that a disk model represents the data poorly. Instead, we argue that the observations are consistent with a tidal bridge between the two nuclei. We also observe high velocity redshifted gas that is not captured by the model. These findings shed light on small-scale processes that can affect galaxy evolution and the corresponding star formation.

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