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  • Fast, Collimated Outflow in...
    Barcos-Muñoz, Loreto; Aalto, Susanne; Thompson, Todd A.; Sakamoto, Kazushi; Martín, Sergio; Leroy, Adam K.; Privon, George C.; Evans, Aaron S.; Kepley, Amanda

    Astrophysical journal. Letters, 02/2018, Letnik: 853, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    We present the first spatially and spectrally resolved image of the molecular outflow in the western nucleus of Arp 220. The outflow, seen in HCN (1-0) by the Atacama Large millimeter/sub-millimeter Array, is compact and collimated, with an extension 120 pc. Bipolar morphology emerges along the minor axis of the disk, with redshifted and blueshifted components reaching a maximum inclination-corrected velocity of km s−1. The outflow is also seen in CO and continuum emission, the latter implying that it carries significant dust. We estimate a total mass in the outflow of , a dynamical time of ∼105 yr, and mass outflow rates of yr−1 and yr−1 for the northern and southern lobes, respectively. Possible driving mechanisms include supernovae energy and momentum transfer, radiation pressure feedback, and a central AGN. The latter could explain the collimated morphology of the HCN outflow; however, we need more complex theoretical models, including contributions from supernovae and AGN, to pinpoint the driving mechanism of this outflow.