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Dense Molecular gas and Dusty Torus in NGC 4303

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2024-12-02 v1

Abstract

Spectrum analysis at 3 mm of the central region (rr\sim800 pc) of NGC\,4303 showed molecular gas lines of both dense gas tracers (HCN, HNC, HCO+^+, and C2_2H) and diffuse gases (13^{13}CO and C18^{18}O). Molecular gas derived parameters: H2H_2 mass MH2M_{H_2}=(1.75±\pm0.32)×108\times10^{8} M_{\odot}; radial velocity, Vdense=_{dense}=178±\pm60 km\,s1^{-1}, and VCO=_{CO}=151±\pm29 km\,s1^{-1}; HCN luminosity LHCNL_{HCN}=(7.38±\pm1.40)×106Kkms1pc2\times10^{6}\,\,K\,\,km\,\,s^{-1}\,pc^{2}; dense gas mass MdenseM_{dense}=(4.7±\pm0.3) ×107\times 10^{7} M_{\odot}, and dense gas tracers abundances indicating that dense gas contributes significantly to the total molecular gas mass. To explore the AGN nature and central dusty torus of the galaxy, CIGALE was used to fit the integrated spectral energy distribution from submillimeter to UV frequencies. Large torus properties are estimated: luminosity LTORUSL_{TORUS}\,=\,(7.1±\pm2.8) ×1043\times 10^{43} erg s1^{-1} and line of sight inclination of 67±\pm16^\circ, which is consistent with a Type 2 AGN; total infrared luminosity LIRL_{IR}=(3.51±\,\pm\,0.30)×1044\times 10^{44} erg s1^{-1}; star formation rate SFRSFR=6.0±\pm0.3 M_{\odot}\,yr1^{-1}; and found that the AGN contribution is marginal at \sim20\%.

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@article{arxiv.2411.18723,
  title  = {Dense Molecular gas and Dusty Torus in NGC 4303},
  author = {Ángel A. Soní and Irene Cruz-González and Martín Herrera-Endoqui and Erika Benítez and Yair Krongold and Arturo I. Gómez-Ruiz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.18723},
  year   = {2024}
}

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