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Rosa González, D.; Schloerb, P.; Vega, O.; Hunt, L.; Narayanan, G.; Calzetti, D.; Yun, M.; Terlevich, E.; Terlevich, R.; Mayya, Y. D.; Chávez, M.; Montaña, A.; Pérez García, A. M.
Bibliographical reference
Massive Young Star Clusters Near and Far: From the Milky Way to Reionization. 2013 Guillermo Haro Conference, Eds. Y. D. Mayya, D. Rosa González and E. Terlevich. INAOE & AMC, June 2014. ISBN: 978-607-8379-01-9, pp.35-38
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2014
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Description
The molecular phase of the interstellar medium (ISM) in galaxies offers
fundamental insight for understanding star-formation processes and how
stellar feedback affects the nuclear activity of certain galaxies. We
present here Large Millimeter Telescope spectra obtained with the
Redshift Search Receiver, a spectrograph that covers simultaneously the
3 mm band from 74 to 111 GHz with a spectral resolution of around 100
km/s. Our selected galaxies, have been detected previously in HCN, and
have different degrees of nuclear activity — one normal galaxy
(NGC 6946), the starburst prototype (M82) and two %ultraluminous
infrared galaxies (ULIRGs, IRAS 17208-0014 and Mrk 231). We plotted our
data in the HCO+/HCN vs. HCN/13CO diagnostic diagram finding that NGC
6946 and M82 are located close to other normal galaxies; and that both
IRAS 17208-0014 and Mrk 231 are close to the position of the well known
ULIRG Arp 220 reported by Snell et al. (2011). We found that in Mrk 231
– a galaxy with a well known active galactic nucleus – the
HCO+/HCN ratio is similar to the ratio observed in normal galaxies.