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1.7” Resolution CO(1-0) Observations of ARP220: Nuclear Gas Ring of Merger Remnant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S. K. Okumura
Affiliation:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory, Minamimaki, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-13, Japan
R. Kawabe
Affiliation:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory, Minamimaki, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-13, Japan
M. Ishiguro
Affiliation:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory, Minamimaki, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-13, Japan
S. Ishizuki
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 3-8- 1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 Japan

Abstract

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We made aperture synthesis CO(l-O) observations of the central region of Arp220 with the Nobeyama Millimeter Array. Central CO emission was resolved with a size of 975 kpc. It shows a ring-like structure (ɪ ~ 500 pc) with a large velocity gradient, 393 km · s−1 · kpc−1, from southwest to northeast direction. The ring-like emission is located around double radio compact sources. No emission peak was found in the center of the double sources within the velocity range 5100 km s−1to 5800 km s−1. These results suggest that an inclined massive gas ring has been or is being formed in the central 1 kpc of Arp220. Most of the molecular gas in Arp220 is concentrated on this nuclear ring. The radio compact sources are probably located at the inner egde of the ring.

Type
3. Astronomical Results and Prospects
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