scholarly journals Isotopologues of dense gas tracers in nearby infrared bright galaxies

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (1) ◽  
pp. 1095-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Li ◽  
Junzhi Wang ◽  
Min Fang ◽  
Shanghuo Li ◽  
Zhi-Yu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Depth ◽  
Ground State ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Dense Gas ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Isotopic Method ◽  
Ngc 6946 ◽  
15N Abundance ◽  
Individual Galaxies

ABSTRACT We present 1 and 3 mm observations of the 13C- and 15N-bearing isotopologues of dense gas tracers towards eight nearby infrared-bright galaxies. With the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique 30-m telescope, we observed the J  = 1–0 transitions of H13CN, HC15N, H13CO+, HN13C, and H15NC towards M 82, NGC 3079, IC 694, Mrk 231, and NGC 6240. The J  = 3–2 transition of H13CN was obtained in M 82, NGC 3079, NGC 3504, NGC 4418, NGC 6240, and NGC 6946, using the 10-m Submillimeter Telescope (SMT). We report the first detections of HN13C J  = 1–0 and H13CN J  = 3–2 in M 82, and H13CN J  = 3–2 in NGC 6240 and NGC 3079. We find different line profiles between the J  = 1–0 and 3–2 transitions of H13CN in both M 82 and NGC 3079. The optical depths of HCN show significant variations among the sample, indicating that dense gas masses estimated from the line luminosities of HCN J  = 1–0 and 3–2 should be treated with caution for individual galaxies. Optical depth of HCN J  = 3–2 is found to be higher than that of HCN J  = 1–0 in M 82, NGC 3079, NGC 4418, and NGC 6240, which indicates that ground state transitions of dense gas tracers might better trace the star-forming gas than the high-J transitions. Based on the H13CN/HC15N line ratios, with the double-isotopic method, low 14N/15N abundance ratios of 120 and 140 are found in NGC 3079 and Mrk 231, respectively.

scholarly journals LBA observations of OH masers in the star-forming region OH 330.953–0.182

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S242) ◽  
pp. 162-163
Author(s):  
B. Hutawarakorn Kramer ◽  
J. L. Caswell ◽  
A. Sukom ◽  
J. E. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Right And Left Hand

AbstractOH masers are sensitive probes of the kinematics, physical conditions, and magnetic fields in star-forming regions. The maser site OH 330.953-0.182 has been studied using the Long Baseline Array of the Australia Telescope National Facility. Simultaneous observations of the 1665- and 1667-MHz hydroxyl ground-state transitions yield a series of maps at velocity spacing 0.09kms−1, in both right- and left-hand circular polarization, with tenth-arcsec spatial resolution. Several clusters of maser spots have been detected within a five-arcsec region. Eight Zeeman pairs were found, and in one case, at 1665 MHz, there is a nearby 1667-MHz pair indicating a similar value of magnetic field and velocity. Over the whole site, all magnetic field estimates are toward us (negative), and range from -3.7 to -5.8 mG. We also compared the morphology and kinematics of the 1665- and 1667-MHz maser spots with those from the excited state of OH at 6035 MHz and from methanol at 6668 MHz.

scholarly journals The interplay of dense gas and stars in M33

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (H15) ◽  
pp. 415-415
Author(s):  
Carsten Kramer ◽  
Christof Buchbender ◽  
Guillermo Quintana-Lacaci ◽  
Jonathan Braine ◽  
Pierre Gratier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Major Axis ◽  
Radio Continuum ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Dense Gas ◽  
Open Time

AbstractWe are studying the interplay of star formation and its ’fuel’, the molecular gas (diffuse and dense) at selected positions along the major axis of M33. We have observed the ground-state transitions of HCN, HCO+, and 13CO using the IRAM 30m telescope. These data will complement existing CO, HI, Spitzer, and radio continuum maps. Furthermore, these data will be complemented by far-infrared maps of [CII], H2O, [OI], [NII], and the dust continuum taken with Herschel in the open time key project HERM33ES.

scholarly journals [C II] 158 μm self-absorption and optical depth effects

2020 ◽  
Vol 636 ◽  
pp. A16 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Guevara ◽  
J. Stutzki ◽  
V. Ossenkopf-Okada ◽  
R. Simon ◽  
J. P. Pérez-Beaupuits ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Depth ◽  
Column Density ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
High Spectral Resolution ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Star Forming

Context. The [C II] 158 μm far-infrared fine-structure line is one of the most important cooling lines of the star-forming interstellar medium (ISM). It is used as a tracer of star formation efficiency in external galaxies and to study feedback effects in parental clouds. High spectral resolution observations have shown complex structures in the line profiles of the [C II] emission. Aims. Our aim is to determine whether the complex profiles observed in [12C II] are due to individual velocity components along the line-of-sight or to self-absorption based on a comparison of the [12C II] and isotopic [13C II] line profiles. Methods. Deep integrations with the SOFIA/upGREAT 7-pixel array receiver in the sources of M43, Horsehead PDR, Monoceros R2, and M17 SW allow for the detection of optically thin [13C II] emission lines, along with the [12C II] emission lines, with a high signal-to-noise ratio. We first derived the [12C II] optical depth and the [C II] column density from a single component model. However, the complex line profiles observed require a double layer model with an emitting background and an absorbing foreground. A multi-component velocity fit allows us to derive the physical conditions of the [C II] gas: column density and excitation temperature. Results. We find moderate to high [12C II] optical depths in all four sources and self-absorption of [12C II] in Mon R2 and M17 SW. The high column density of the warm background emission corresponds to an equivalent Av of up to 41 mag. The foreground absorption requires substantial column densities of cold and dense [C II] gas, with an equivalent Av ranging up to about 13 mag. Conclusions. The column density of the warm background material requires multiple photon-dominated region surfaces stacked along the line of sight and in velocity. The substantial column density of dense and cold foreground [C II] gas detected in absorption cannot be explained with any known scenario and we can only speculate on its origins.

scholarly journals Planck’s Dusty GEMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 645 ◽  
pp. A45
Author(s):  
R. Cañameras ◽  
N. P. H. Nesvadba ◽  
R. Kneissl ◽  
S. König ◽  
C. Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Line Emission ◽  
Flux Ratio ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
High Density ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Dense Gas ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Star Forming

We present ALMA, NOEMA, and IRAM-30 m/EMIR observations of the high-density tracer molecules HCN, HCO+, and HNC in three of the brightest lensed dusty star-forming galaxies at z ≃ 3–3.5, part of the Planck’s Dusty Gravitationally Enhanced subMillimetre Sources (GEMS), with the aim of probing the gas reservoirs closely associated with their exceptional levels of star formation. We obtained robust detections of ten emission lines between Jup = 4 and 6, as well as several additional upper flux limits. In PLCK_G244.8+54.9, the brightest source at z = 3.0, the HNC(5–4) line emission at 0.1″ resolution, together with other spatially-integrated line profiles, suggests comparable distributions of dense and more diffuse gas reservoirs, at least over the most strongly magnified regions. This rules out any major effect from differential lensing. This line is blended with CN(4–3) and in this source, we measure a HNC(5–4)/CN(4–3) flux ratio of 1.76 ±0. 86. Dense-gas line profiles generally match those of mid-J CO lines, except in PLCK_G145.2+50.8, which also has dense-gas line fluxes that are relatively lower, perhaps due to fewer dense cores and more segregated dense and diffuse gas phases in this source. The HCO+/HCN ≳ 1 and HNC/HCN ∼ 1 line ratios in our sample are similar to those of nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) and consistent with photon-dominated regions without any indication of important mechanical heating or active galactic nuclei feedback. We characterize the dense-gas excitation in PLCK_G244.8+54.9 using radiative transfer models assuming pure collisional excitation and find that mid-J HCN, HCO+, and HNC lines arise from a high-density phase with an H2 density of n  ∼  105–106 cm−3, although important degeneracies hinder a determination of the exact conditions. The three GEMS are consistent with extrapolations of dense-gas star-formation laws derived in the nearby Universe, adding further evidence that the extreme star-formation rates observed in the most active galaxies at z ∼ 3 are a consequence of their important dense-gas contents. The dense-gas-mass fractions traced by HCN/[CI] and HCO+/[CI] line ratios are elevated, but not exceptional as compared to other lensed dusty star-forming galaxies at z >  2, and they fall near the upper envelope of local ULIRGs. Despite the higher overall gas fractions and local gas-mass surface densities observed at high redshift, the dense-gas budget of rapidly star-forming galaxies seems to have evolved little between z ∼ 3 and z ∼ 0. Our results favor constant dense-gas depletion times in these populations, which is in agreement with theoretical models of star formation.

scholarly journals ALMA RESOLVES THE PROPERTIES OF STAR-FORMING REGIONS IN A DENSE GAS DISK AT z ∼ 3

2015 ◽  
Vol 806 (1) ◽  
pp. L17 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Swinbank ◽  
S. Dye ◽  
J. W. Nightingale ◽  
C. Furlanetto ◽  
Ian Smail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dense Gas ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions

scholarly journals A global correlation linking young stars, clouds, and galaxies

2018 ◽  
Vol 618 ◽  
pp. A119
Author(s):  
I. Mendigutía ◽  
C. J. Lada ◽  
R. D. Oudmaijer
Keyword(s):  
Formation Rate ◽  
Class Ii ◽  
Young Stars ◽  
Astronomical Unit ◽  
Dense Gas ◽  
Physical Reason ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Global Correlation ◽  
Distant Galaxies ◽  
Accretion Rates

Context. The star formation rate (SFR) linearly correlates with the amount of dense gas mass (Mdg) involved in the formation of stars both for distant galaxies and clouds in our Galaxy. Similarly, the mass accretion rate (Ṁacc) and the disk mass (Mdisk) of young, Class II stars are also linearly correlated. Aims. We aim to explore the conditions under which the previous relations could be unified. Methods. Observational values of SFR, Mdg, Ṁacc, and Mdisk for a representative sample of galaxies, star forming clouds, and young stars have been compiled from the literature. Data were plotted together in order to analyze how the rate of gas transformed into stars and the mass of dense gas directly involved in this transformation relate to each other over vastly different physical systems. Results. A statistically significant correlation is found spanning ~16 orders of magnitude in each axis, but with large scatter. This probably represents one of the widest ranges of any empirical correlation known, encompassing galaxies that are several kiloparsec in size, parsec-size star-forming clouds within our Galaxy, down to young, pre-main sequence stars with astronomical unit-size protoplanetary disks. Assuming that this global correlation has an underlying physical reason, we propose a bottom-up hypothesis suggesting that a relation between Ṁacc and the total circumstellar mass surrounding Class 0/I sources (Mcs; disk + envelope) drives the correlation in clouds that host protostars and galaxies that host clouds. This hypothesis is consistent with the fact that the SFRs derived for clouds over a timescale of 2 Myr can be roughly recovered from the sum of instantaneous accretion rates of the protostars embedded within them, implying that galactic SFRs averaged over ~10–100 Myr should be constant over this period too. Moreover, the sum of the circumstellar masses directly participating in the formation of the protostellar population in a cloud likely represents a non-negligible fraction of the dense gas mass within the cloud. Conclusions. If the fraction of gas directly participating in the formation of stars is ~1–35% of the dense gas mass associated with star-forming clouds and galaxies, then the global correlation for all scales has a near unity slope and an intercept consistent with the (proto-)stellar accretion timescale, Mcs/ Ṁacc. Therefore, an additional critical test of our hypothesis is that the Ṁacc−Mdisk correlation for Class II stars should also be observed between Ṁacc and Mcs for Class 0/I sources with similar slope and intercept.

Anomalous Analyzing Powers for Strong (ppol,t) Ground-State Transitions and Interference between Direct and (p,d) (d,t) Sequential Process

1979 ◽  
Vol 43 (15) ◽  
pp. 1087-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Yagi ◽  
S. Kunori ◽  
Y. Aoki ◽  
K. Nagano ◽  
Y. Toba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground State ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Sequential Process ◽  
Analyzing Powers

scholarly journals ATLASGAL – Ammonia observations towards the southern Galactic plane

2018 ◽  
Vol 609 ◽  
pp. A125 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Wienen ◽  
F. Wyrowski ◽  
K. M. Menten ◽  
J. S. Urquhart ◽  
C. M. Walmsley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Hyperfine Structure ◽  
Optical Depth ◽  
Line Width ◽  
Rotational Temperature ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Mass Star ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Low Mass

Context. The initial conditions of molecular clumps in which high-mass stars form are poorly understood. In particular, a more detailed study of the earliest evolutionary phases is needed. The APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the whole inner Galactic disk at 870 μm, ATLASGAL, has therefore been conducted to discover high-mass star-forming regions at different evolutionary phases. Aims. We derive properties such as velocities, rotational temperatures, column densities, and abundances of a large sample of southern ATLASGAL clumps in the fourth quadrant. Methods. Using the Parkes telescope, we observed the NH3 (1, 1) to (3, 3) inversion transitions towards 354 dust clumps detected by ATLASGAL within a Galactic longitude range between 300° and 359° and a latitude within ± 1.5°. For a subsample of 289 sources, the N2H+ (1–0) line was measured with the Mopra telescope. Results. We measured a median NH3 (1, 1) line width of ~ 2 km s-1, rotational temperatures from 12 to 28 K with a mean of 18 K, and source-averaged NH3 abundances from 1.6 × 10-6 to 10-8. For a subsample with detected NH3 (2, 2) hyperfine components, we found that the commonly used method to compute the (2, 2) optical depth from the (1, 1) optical depth and the (2, 2) to (1, 1) main beam brightness temperature ratio leads to an underestimation of the rotational temperature and column density. A larger median virial parameter of ~ 1 is determined using the broader N2H+ line width than is estimated from the NH3 line width of ~ 0.5 with a general trend of a decreasing virial parameter with increasing gas mass. We obtain a rising NH3 (1, 1)/N2H+ line-width ratio with increasing rotational temperature. Conclusions. A comparison of NH3 line parameters of ATLASGAL clumps to cores in nearby molecular clouds reveals smaller velocity dispersions in low-mass than high-mass star-forming regions and a warmer surrounding of ATLASGAL clumps than the surrounding of low-mass cores. The NH3 (1, 1) inversion transition of 49% of the sources shows hyperfine structure anomalies. The intensity ratio of the outer hyperfine structure lines with a median of 1.27 ± 0.03 and a standard deviation of 0.45 is significantly higher than 1, while the intensity ratios of the inner satellites with a median of 0.9 ± 0.02 and standard deviation of 0.3 and the sum of the inner and outer hyperfine components with a median of 1.06 ± 0.02 and standard deviation of 0.37 are closer to 1.

scholarly journals Measuring the H i Content of Individual Galaxies Out to the Epoch of Reionization with [C ii]

2021 ◽  
Vol 922 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Kasper E. Heintz ◽  
Darach Watson ◽  
Pascal A. Oesch ◽  
Desika Narayanan ◽  
Suzanne C. Madden
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Conversion Factor ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Cosmic Time ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Universal Relation ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Baryonic Mass ◽  
Individual Galaxies

Abstract The H i gas content is a key ingredient in galaxy evolution, the study of which has been limited to moderate cosmological distances for individual galaxies due to the weakness of the hyperfine H i 21 cm transition. Here we present a new approach that allows us to infer the H i gas mass M HI of individual galaxies up to z ≈ 6, based on a direct measurement of the [C ii]-to-H i conversion factor in star-forming galaxies at z ≳ 2 using γ-ray burst afterglows. By compiling recent [C ii]-158 μm emission line measurements we quantify the evolution of the H i content in galaxies through cosmic time. We find that M HI starts to exceed the stellar mass M ⋆ at z ≳ 1, and increases as a function of redshift. The H i fraction of the total baryonic mass increases from around 20% at z = 0 to about 60% at z ∼ 6. We further uncover a universal relation between the H i gas fraction M HI/M ⋆ and the gas-phase metallicity, which seems to hold from z ≈ 6 to z = 0. The majority of galaxies at z > 2 are observed to have H i depletion times, t dep,HI = M HI/SFR, less than ≈2 Gyr, substantially shorter than for z ∼ 0 galaxies. Finally, we use the [C ii]-to-H i conversion factor to determine the cosmic mass density of H i in galaxies, ρ HI, at three distinct epochs: z ≈ 0, z ≈ 2, and z ∼ 4–6. These measurements are consistent with previous estimates based on 21 cm H i observations in the local universe and with damped Lyα absorbers (DLAs) at z ≳ 2, suggesting an overall decrease by a factor of ≈5 in ρ HI(z) from the end of the reionization epoch to the present.

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