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CO in NGC 4314: The Detection of Inflow Along the Bar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. Fritz Benedict ,
Beverly J. Smith  and
J. D. P. Kenney
G. Fritz Benedict
Affiliation:
McDonald Observatory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 18112
Beverly J. Smith
Affiliation:
IPAC, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
J. D. P. Kenney
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511

Abstract

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We present CO(1-0) interferometer data with × spatial resolution and 13 km s−1 velocity resolution acquired at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory. These data reveal a clumpy circumnuclear ring of gas. We also find a central peak of CO within 2″ of the optical center. Deviations from circular motion are seen where the dust lanes along the leading edge of the bar intersect the nuclear ring, consistent with gas inflow along the bar. Hα maps of this galaxy show bright HII regions near the ends of this inflow region, indicating triggering of star formation by the inflow.

Type
Posters for Part III and Part IV
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 157: Barred Galaxies , 1996 , pp. 227 - 229
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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