Y. Sofue et al 2001 ApJ 547 L115 doi:10.1086/318907
Y. Sofue1, J. Koda1, K. Kohno2, S. K. Okumura2, M. Honma3, A. Kawamura1 and Judith A. Irwin4
Show affiliationsWe have performed high-resolution synthesis observations of the 12CO (J = 1-0) line emission from the radio lobe edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3079 using a seven-element millimeter-wave interferometer at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, which consisted of the 45 m telescope and six-element array. The nuclear molecular disk (NMD) of 750 pc radius is found to be inclined by 20° from the optical disk, and the NMD has spiral arms. An ultra-high-density core (UHC) of molecular gas was found at the nucleus. The gaseous mass of the UHC within 125 pc radius is as large as ~3 × 108 M
, an order of magnitude more massive than that in the same area of the Galactic center, and the mean density is as high as ~3 × 103H2 cm-3. A position-velocity diagram along the major axis indicates that the rotation curve already starts at a finite velocity exceeding 300 km s-1 from the nucleus. The surface mass density in the central region is estimated to be as high as ~105 M
pc-2, producing a very deep gravitational potential. We argue that the very large differential rotation in such a deep potential will keep the UHC gravitationally stable during the current star formation.
galaxies: individual (NGC 3079); galaxies: ISM; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; galaxies: nuclei; ISM: molecules; radio lines: ISM
Issue 2 (2001 February 1)
Received 2000 September 5, accepted for publication 2000 November 15
Published 2001 January 24
Y. Sofue et al 2001 ApJ 547 L115
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