WARM MOLECULAR GAS IN LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES | |
Lu, N.1; Zhao, Y.1,2,3; Xu, C. K.1; Gao, Y.2,3![]() | |
刊名 | ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
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2014-06-01 | |
卷号 | 787期号:2页码:0 |
关键词 | galaxies: active galaxies: ISM galaxies: star formation infrared: galaxies ISM: molecules submillimeter: galaxies |
ISSN号 | 2041-8205 |
英文摘要 | We present our initial results on the CO rotational spectral line energy distribution (SLED) of the J to J-1 transitions from J = 4 up to 13 from Herschel SPIRE spectroscopic observations of 65 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) in the Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey. The observed SLEDs change on average from one peaking at J <= 4 to a broad distribution peaking around J similar to 6 to 7 as the IRAS 60-to-100 mu m color, C(60/100), increases. However, the ratios of a CO line luminosity to the total infrared luminosity, L-IR, show the smallest variation for J around 6 or 7. This suggests that, for most LIRGs, ongoing star formation (SF) is also responsible for a warm gas component that emits CO lines primarily in the mid-J regime (5 less than or similar to J less than or similar to 10). As a result, the logarithmic ratios of the CO line luminosity summed over CO (5-4), (6-5), (7-6), (8-7) and (10-9) transitions to L-IR, log R-midCO, remain largely independent of C(60/100), and show a mean value of -4.13 ( log R-midCO(SF)) and a sample standard deviation of only 0.10 for the SF-dominated galaxies. Including additional galaxies from the literature, we show, albeit with a small number of cases, the possibility that galaxies, which bear powerful interstellar shocks unrelated to the current SF, and galaxies, in which an energetic active galactic nucleus contributes significantly to the bolometric luminosity, have their R-midCO higher and lower than R-midCO(SF), respectively. |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
类目[WOS] | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
研究领域[WOS] | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
关键词[WOS] | STAR-FORMATION RATE ; SPITZER-SPACE-TELESCOPE ; NGC 6240 ; SPIRE SPECTROSCOPY ; RADIO GALAXIES ; EMISSION ; CO ; LINE ; EXCITATION ; STARBURST |
收录类别 | SCI |
原文出处 | 10.1088/2041-8205/787/2/L23 |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000336797700008 |
公开日期 | 2014-11-21 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://libir.pmo.ac.cn/handle/332002/10693] ![]() |
专题 | 紫金山天文台_星系中的恒星形成研究团组 |
作者单位 | 1.CALTECH, Infrared Proc & Anal Ctr, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Purple Mt Observ, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Radio Astron, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.CALTECH, Spitzer Sci Ctr, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA 5.European Space Agcy, Estec, Astrophys Miss Div, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands 6.Gemini Observ, Hilo, HI 96720 USA 7.CALTECH, Dept Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA 8.Univ Crete, Dept Phys, GR-71003 Iraklion, Greece 9.Natl Observ Athens, IAASARS, GR-15236 Penteli, Greece 10.Observ Paris, Chercheur Associe, F-75014 Paris, France |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lu, N.,Zhao, Y.,Xu, C. K.,et al. WARM MOLECULAR GAS IN LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS,2014,787(2):0. |
APA | Lu, N..,Zhao, Y..,Xu, C. K..,Gao, Y..,Armus, L..,...&van der Werf, P. P..(2014).WARM MOLECULAR GAS IN LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS,787(2),0. |
MLA | Lu, N.,et al."WARM MOLECULAR GAS IN LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS 787.2(2014):0. |
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