Dense gas in normal and active galaxies |
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Authors: | Kotaro Kohno Koichiro Nakanishi Tomoka Tosaki Kazuyuki Muraoka Rie Miura Hajime Ezawa Ryohei Kawabe |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015, Japan;(2) Nobeyama Radio Observatory, 462-2 Minamimaki, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-1305, Japan;(3) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan |
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Abstract: | Dense molecular medium plays essential roles in galaxies. As demonstrated by the tight and linear correlation between HCN(1–0)
and FIR luminosities among star-forming galaxies, from very nearby to high-z ones, the observation of a dense molecular component
is indispensable to understand the star formation laws in galaxies. In order to obtain a general picture of the global distributions
of dense molecular medium in normal star-forming galaxies, we have conducted an extragalactic CO(3–2) imaging survey of nearby
spiral galaxies using the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE). From the survey (ADIoS; ASTE Dense gas Imaging
of Star-forming galaxies), CO(3–2) images of M 83 and NGC 986 are presented. Emphasis is placed on the correlation between
the CO(3–2)/CO(1–0) ratio and the star formation efficiency in galaxies. In the central regions of some active galaxies, on
the other hand, we often find enhanced or overluminous HCN(1–0) emission. The HCN(1–0)/CO(1–0) and HCN(1–0)/HCO+(1–0) intensities are often enhanced up to ∼0.2–0.3 and ∼2–3, respectively. Such elevated ratios have never been observed
in the nuclear starburst regions. One possible explanation for these high HCN(1–0)/CO(1–0) and HCN(1–0)/HCO+(1–0) ratios is X-ray induced chemistry in X-ray dominated regions (XDRs), i.e., the overabundance of the HCN molecule in
the X-ray irradiated dense molecular tori. If this view is true, the known tight correlation between HCN(1–0) and the star-formation
rate breaks in the vicinity of active nuclei. Although the interpretation of these ratios is still an open question, these
ratios have a great potential for a new diagnostic tool for the energy sources of dusty galaxies in the ALMA era because these
molecular lines are free from dust extinction. |
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Keywords: | ISM Starburst Seyfert Abundance |
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