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Molecular gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Monica Rubio
Monica Rubio*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Chile

Abstract

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We summarize the results of observations of molecular gas from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) made with low angular resolution (8'.8). These observations show that the CO emission is weak (TA˜ 0.04K) and that the CO luminosities of the Clouds are low compared to those of Galactic molecular clouds. The factor to convert the CO luminosity to molecular hydrogen column density for the SMC is ˜20 and three times larger than those derived for clouds in our Galaxy and in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) respectively. In addition, we present preliminary results of high resolution (40″) observations of SMC molecular clouds made with the SEST telescope.

Type
The Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 429 - 430
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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