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2003ApJ...590..740V - Astrophys. J., 590, 740-745 (2003/June-3)

The molecular disk in the Cloverleaf quasar.

VENTURINI S. and SOLOMON P.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We propose a new interpretation for the CO-emitting region of the Cloverleaf (H1413+1143), a gravitationally lensed quasi-stellar object. We fitted a two-galaxy lensing model directly to the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique CO (7-6) data rather than to the optical Hubble Space Telescope image, and from the fit we infer that the CO (7-6) source is a disklike structure with a characteristic radius of 785 pc,(1) a size similar to that of the CO-emitting regions present in nearby starburst ultraluminous infrared galaxies. We therefore suggest that the Cloverleaf contains both an extended rotating molecular starburst disk and a central quasar.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: ISM - Cosmology: Gravitational Lensing - quasars: individual (Cloverleaf, H1413+1143) - Radio Lines: Galaxies

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