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2018ApJ...866..117C - Astrophys. J., 866, 117-117 (2018/October-3)

ALMA observation of NGC 5135: the circumnuclear CO (6-5) and dust continuum emission at 45 pc resolution.

CAO T., LU N., XU C.K., ZHAO Y., KALARI V.M., GAO Y., CHARMANDARIS V., DIAZ SANTOS T., VAN DER WERF P., CAO C., WU H., INAMI H. and EVANS A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present high-resolution (0.''17 x 0.''14) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the CO (6-5) line and 435 µm dust continuum emission within a ∼9'' x 9'' area centered on the nucleus of the galaxy NGC 5135. NGC 5135 is a well-studied luminous infrared galaxy that also harbors a Compton-thick active galactic nucleus (AGN). At the achieved resolution of 48 x 40 pc, the CO (6-5) and dust emissions are resolved into gas "clumps" along the symmetrical dust lanes associated with the inner stellar bar. The clumps have radii in the range of ∼45-180 pc and CO (6-5) line widths of ∼60-88 kms–1. The CO (6-5) to dust continuum flux ratios vary among the clumps and show an increasing trend with the [Fe II]/Brγ ratios, which we interpret as evidence for supernova-driven shocked gas providing a significant contribution to the CO (6-5) emission. The central AGN is undetected in continuum, nor is it detected in CO (6-5) if its line velocity width is no less than ∼ 40 kms–1. We estimate that the AGN contributes at most 1% of the integrated CO (6-5) flux of 512 ± 24 Jy kms–1 within the ALMA field of view, which in turn accounts for ∼32% of the CO (6-5) flux of the whole galaxy.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: general - galaxies: ISM - galaxies: nuclei - galaxies: starburst

Simbad objects: 15

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