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We present BIMA observations of the HCN emission from five nearby spiral galaxies. The HCN observations comprise the first high-resolution (5--10\arcsec) survey of dense molecular gas from a sample of normal galaxies, rather than galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Tamara T. Helfer , Leo Blitz

We have mapped HCN and HCO$^{+}$ (J = 1 $\to$ 0) line emission toward a sample of seven star-forming regions (with 12 + log[O/H] range from 8.34 to 8.69) in the outer Milky Way (Galactocentric distance > 9.5 kpc), using the 14-meter radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-14 Sudeshna Patra , Neal J. Evans , Kee-Tae Kim , Mark Heyer , Jens Kauffmann , Jessy Jose , Manash R. Samal , Swagat R. Das

There is a linear relation between the mass of dense gas, traced by the HCN(1-0) luminosity, and the star formation rate (SFR), traced by the far-infrared luminosity. Recent observations of galactic disks have shown some systematic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Hao Chen , Jonathan Braine , Yu Gao , Jin Koda , Qiusheng Gu

We obtained the first view in H$^{13}$CO$^+$ $J=1-0$ and a high resolution map in thermal SiO lines of G0.11$-$0.11, which is a molecular cloud situated between the Galactic Center radio arc and Sgr A. From a comparison with previous line…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Handa , M. Sakano , S. Naito , M. Hiramatsu , M. Tsuboi

We present an imaging molecular line survey in the 3-mm band (85-114 GHz) focused on one of the nearest galaxies with an active galactic nucleus (AGN), NGC 1068, based on observations taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…

We report observations of dense molecular gas in the star-forming galaxy EGS 13004291 (z=1.197) using the Plateau de Bure Interferometer. We tentatively detect HCN and HNC (J=2-1) emission when stacked together at ~4sigma significance,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-12 Avani Gowardhan , Dominik A. Riechers , Emanuele Daddi , Riccardo Pavesi , Helmut Dannerbauer , Chris Carilli

We present high angular resolution (0.6'') observations made with the VLA of the radio continuum at 8.3 and 43 GHz as well as H92 Alpha and H53 Alpha radio recombination lines from the nearby (3 Mpc) starburst galaxy M82. In the continuum…

We present results from a study of the dense circum-nuclear molecular gas of starburst galaxies. The study aims to investigate the interplay between starbursts, active galactic nuclei and molecular gas. We characterise the dense gas traced…

The HCN, HCO+, and HNC molecules are commonly used as tracers of dense star-forming gas in external galaxies, but such observations are spatially unresolved. Reliably inferring the properties of galactic nuclei and disks requires detailed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Helen Roberts , Floris van der Tak , Gary Fuller , René Plume , Estelle Bayet

We observed radio recombination lines (RRLs) toward the W51 molecular cloud complex, one of the most active star forming regions in our Galaxy. The UV radiation from young massive stars ionizes gas surrounding them to produce HII regions.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-10 Mishaal. I. Jan , D. Anish Roshi , M. E. Lebrón , E. Pacheco , T. Ghosh , C. J. Salter , R. Minchin , E. D. Araya , H. G. Arce

We present a detailed analysis of ALMA Bands 7 and 9 data of CO, HCO+, HCN and CS, augmented with Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI) data of the ~ 200 pc circumnuclear disk (CND) and the ~ 1.3 kpc starburst ring (SB ring) of NGC~1068, a…

We present results from a search for radio recombination lines in three HI self-absorbing (HISA) clouds at 750 MHz and 321 MHz with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), and in three Galactic Plane positions at 327 MHz with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-04 D. Anish Roshi , W. M. Peters , K. L. Emig , P. Salas , J. B. R. Oonk , M. E. Lebrón , J. M. Dickey

We report the first map of large-scale (10 pc in length) emission of millimeter-wavelength hydrogen recombination lines (mm-RRLs) toward the giant H II region around the W43-Main young massive star cluster (YMC). Our mm-RRL data come from…

The central kiloparsec region of the Andromeda galaxy is relatively gas poor, while the interstellar medium appears to be concentrated in a ring-like structure at about 10 kpc radius. The central gas depletion has been attributed to a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-16 A. -L. Melchior , F. Combes

We present observations of the dense molecular gas tracers HCN, HNC, and HCO+ in the J=1-0 transition using ALMA. We supplement our datasets with previous observations of CO J=1-0, which traces the total molecular gas content. We separate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-01 Maximilien R. P. Schirm , Christine D. Wilson , Suzanne C. Madden , Dave L. Clements

We present 3 mm and 2 mm band simultaneously spectroscopic observations of HCN 1-0, HCO$^{+}$ 1-0, HNC 1-0, and CS 3-2 with the IRAM 30 meter telescope, toward a sample of 70 sources as nearby galaxies with infrared luminosities ranging…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-24 Fei Li , Junzhi Wang , Feng Gao , Shu Liu , Zhi-Yu Zhang , Shanghuo Li , Yan Gong , Juan Li , Yong Shi

Supernova remnants (SNRs) can exert strong influence on molecular clouds (MCs) through interaction by shock wave and cosmic rays. In this paper, we present our mapping observation of HCO+ and HCN 1-0 lines towards 13 SNRs interacting with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-15 Tian-Yu Tu , Yang Chen , Qian-Cheng Liu

We present the first large-scale mosaic performed with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) in the Galactic center. We have produced a 25-pointing mosaic, covering a ~2' x 2' area around Sgr A*. We have detected emission from two high-density…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 María Montero-Castaño , Robeson M. Herrnstein , Paul T. P. Ho

High spatial resolution observations of the 12CO(1-0), HCN(1-0), HCO+(1-0), and 13CO(1-0) molecular lines toward the luminous infrared merger NGC 6240 have been performed using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array and the RAINBOW Interferometer.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 K. Nakanishi , S. K. Okumura , K. Kohno , R. Kawabe , T. Nakagawa

Radio recombination lines (RRLs) are powerful, extinction-free diagnostics of the ionized gas in young, star-forming regions. Unfortunately, these lines are difficult to detect in external galaxies. We present the results of EVLA…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Amanda A. Kepley , Laura Chomiuk , Kelsey E. Johnson , W. M. Goss , Dana S. Balser , D. J. Pisano