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  • Evolution of Molecular Clou...
    Salak, Dragan; Tomiyasu, Yuto; Nakai, Naomasa; Kuno, Nario; Miyamoto, Yusuke; Kaneko, Hiroyuki

    The Astrophysical journal, 11/2017, Letnik: 849, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    ALMA imaging of the cold molecular medium in the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 1808 is presented. The observations reveal the distribution of molecular gas, traced by 12CO (1-0) and 12CO (3-2), and continuum (93 and 350 GHz) across the central 1 kpc starburst region at a high resolution of . A molecular gas torus (radius ∼ 30 pc) is discovered in the circumnuclear disk (CND; central 100 pc), with a high CO (3-2)/CO (1-0) ratio of ∼1, surrounded by massive (106- ) clouds with high star formation efficiency ( yr−1), molecular spiral arms, and a 500 pc pseudo-ring. The CND harbors a continuum core and molecular gas exhibiting peculiar motion. The new data confirm the line splitting along the minor galactic axis, interpreted as a nuclear gas outflow with average velocity ∼180 km s−1, and show evidence of a velocity gradient of km s−1 pc−1 along the axis. In addition, supershells expanding from the 500 pc ring with maximum velocities of ∼75 km s−1 are revealed. The distribution and CO luminosities of molecular clouds in the central 1 kpc starburst region indicate an evolutionary sequence, from gas accretion onto the 500 pc ring from the large-scale bar to enhanced star formation in the ring, and outflow as feedback.