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The Submillimeter Array 1.3 mm line survey of Arp 220
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- Martin, S. (författare)
- European Southern Observatory Santiago
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- Krips, M. (författare)
- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)
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- Martin-Pintado, J. (författare)
- Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)
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- Aalto, Susanne, 1964 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Zhao, J. H. (författare)
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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- Peck, A. B. (författare)
- Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA)
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- Petitpas, G. (författare)
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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- Monje, Raquel, 1979 (författare)
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
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- Greve, T. R. (författare)
- Niels Bohr Institute
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- An, T. (författare)
- Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- 2011-01-21
- 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 527:5
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- Context. Though Arp 220 is the closest and by far the most studied ULIRG, a discussion is still ongoing on the main power source driving its huge infrared luminosity. Aims. To study the molecular composition of Arp 220 in order to find chemical fingerprints associated with the main heating mechanisms within its nuclear region. Methods. We present the first aperture synthesis unbiased spectral line survey toward an extragalactic object. The survey covered the 40 GHz frequency range between 202 and 242 GHz of the 1.3 mm atmospheric window. Results. We find that 80% of the observed band shows molecular emission, with 73 features identified from 15 molecular species and 6 isotopologues. The C-13 isotopic substitutions of HC3N and transitions from (H2O)-O-18, (SiO)-Si-29, and CH2CO are detected for the first time outside the Galaxy. No hydrogen recombination lines have been detected in the 40 GHz window covered. The emission feature at the transition frequency of H31 alpha line is identified to be an HC3N molecular line, challenging the previous detections reported at this frequency. Within the broad observed band, we estimate that 28% of the total measured flux is due to the molecular line contribution, with CO only contributing 9% to the overall flux. We present maps of the CO emission at a resolution of 2.9 '' x 1.9 '' which, though not enough to resolve the two nuclei, recover all the single-dish flux. The 40 GHz spectral scan has been modelled assuming LTE conditions and abundances are derived for all identified species. Conclusions. The chemical composition of Arp 220 shows no clear evidence of an AGN impact on the molecular emission but seems indicative of a purely starburst-heated ISM. The overabundance of H2S and the low isotopic ratios observed suggest a chemically enriched environment by consecutive bursts of star formation, with an ongoing burst at an early evolutionary stage. The large abundance of water (similar to 10(-5)), derived from the isotopologue (H2O)-O-18, as well as the vibrationally excited emission from HC3N and CH3CN are claimed to be evidence of massive star forming regions within Arp 220. Moreover, the observations put strong constraints on the compactness of the starburst event in Arp 220. We estimate that such emission would require similar to 2-8 x 10(6) hot cores, similar to those found in the Sgr B2 region in the Galactic center, concentrated within the central 700 pc of Arp 220.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
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- interstellar-medium
- interacting galaxies
- ngc 253
- Arp 220
- star-formation
- surveys
- galaxies: ISM
- molecular cloud
- galaxies: active
- chandra
- ultraluminous infrared galaxies
- supernova-remnants
- galaxies: individual
- starburst galaxies
- observations
- dense gas
- galaxies: abundances
- galaxies: starburst
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