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合并中的触须星系重叠区分子云的物理性质

Physical Properties of Molecular Clouds in the Overlap Region of the Merging Antennae Galaxies

Grace Krahm, Molly K. Finn, Remy Indebetouw, Kelsey E. Johnson, Julia Kamenetzky, Ashley Bemis

AI总结:

本研究利用ALMA高分辨率观测对触须星系重叠区的72个巨分子云进行编目,发现17个具备形成超星团的条件,且对比显示触须星系分子云具有最高光度、密度和位力参数。

摘要:

作为最近的主要星系合并事件所在地,且拥有数千个超星团(SSCs),触须星系(NGC 4038和NGC 4039)是研究剧烈恒星形成区分子云的重要场所。我们利用阿塔卡马大型毫米/亚毫米阵列(ALMA)对12CO(2-1)和13CO(2-1)}发射线的高分辨率(~0.1" ~10 pc)观测,对两个星系重叠区域的巨分子云(GMCs)进行了编目。在重叠区识别出的72个独立GMCs中,有17个在误差范围内具备形成超星团(SSCs)所需的质量、压力和尺寸。在这17个GMCs中,仅有一个存在显著的电离辐射,表明其他16个GMCs的诞生环境可能依然完好。我们将基于12CO(2-1)计算的GMC物理性质与使用相同发射线和相近分辨率观测的其他10个星系的结果进行了比较。与样本中的其他源相比,触须星系以及其他星暴星系和星系中心的GMCs具有最高的光度、面密度和湍流压力。星暴星系和星系中心的GMCs也具有较大的线宽,尽管触须星系的线宽属于最宽之列。这些比较结果还表明,尽管触须星系GMCs密度很高,但其具有最高的位力参数。

英文摘要:

As the closest major galaxy merger and home to thousands of super star clusters (SSCs), the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) are an important location to study the molecular clouds at sites of vigorous star formation. We cataloged giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the region where the two galaxies overlap using high-resolution (~0.1" ~10 pc) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the 12CO(2-1) and 13CO(2-1)} emission lines. Of the 72 individual GMCs identified in the overlap region, 17 are within uncertainties of having the necessary mass, pressure, and size needed to form super star clusters (SSCs). Of those 17 GMCs, only one has significant ionizing radiation, indicating that the birth environments are likely still intact in the 16 other GMCs. We compared the physical properties calculated from 12CO(2-1) GMC data with observations of 10 other galaxies obtained using the same emission line and similar resolution. Compared to other sources in this sample, the GMCs from the Antennae, as well as in other starbursts and in the centers of galaxies, have the highest luminosities, surface densities, and turbulent pressures. The GMCs in starbursts and at the centers of galaxies also have large linewidths, although the linewidths in the Antennae are among the widest. These comparative results also indicate that the Antennae GMCs have the highest virial parameters despite their high densities.

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