The LMT Galaxies' 3 mm Spectroscopic Survey: First Results

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.
Referencia bibliográfica

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

Fecha de publicación:
9
2014
Número de autores
13
Número de autores del IAC
1
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0
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Descripción
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.