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Nuclear star formation on 100 parsec scales: 10" resolution radio continuum, hi and co observations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Martin, Robert N. Ho, Paul T. P. Turner, Jean L. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | A program of radio line and continuum studies of star formation in nearby spiral galaxies is reported. The objective is a search for hot gas and peculiar dynamics in spiral nuclei with 10" to 30" angular resolution. Vigorous star formation is found to be a common phenomenon in the inner kpc of spirals. Arcsecond resolution observations of radio continuum emission at 6 and 2 cm were used to separate the thermal and nonthermal radio components. It was found that thermal and nonthermal emission are well mixed even on sizescales of 10 pc. To understand the reason for the increased level of star formation activity in spiral nuclei, HI and CO emission in these galaxies is studied. The CO transition was detected in M51, M82, NGC 253, NGC 6946 and IC 342 with T sub a approx. 0.5 to 2.0 K, at 20" angular resolution. The dynamics and spatial distribution of nuclear gas are being studied using VLA HI maps with 30" synthesized beams. Evidence for noncircular motions in HI was found in the nucleus of IC 342. |
| File Size | 287570 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870014889 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5w71bz4n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Stellar Spectra Ionized Gases Neutral Gases Angular Resolution Radio Bursts Star Distribution High Temperature Gases Nonthermal Radiation Galactic Nuclei Radio Emission Thermal Emission Star Formation Spiral Galaxies Carbon Monoxide Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |