Star formation in the spiral arms of NGC 4321. I - CO observations

Bibcode
1992AJ....103..429C
DOI
10.1086/116072
Cepa, J.; Beckman, J. E.; Knapen, J. H.; Nakai, N.; Kuno, N.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 103, Feb. 1992, p. 429-435, 683. Research supported by DGICYT and EEC.

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1992
Number of authors
5
IAC number of authors
3
Citations
17
Refereed citations
16
Description
Several positions in the southern spiral arm and the interarm disk of NGC 4321 have been observed in CO (J = 1 to 0) using the NRO 45 m telescope at Nobeyama, Japan. The analysis shows evidence for streaming motions in the arms, together with an exponential radial decrease of both the integrated CO emission and the velocity width at the observed positions, with comparable scale lengths. The arm/interarm contrast ratio of CO integrated emission shows values ranging from less than one to four.
Type
Refereed
Spiral galaxies
Star formation
H I regions
Scale height

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