Local Instability Signatures in ALMA Observations of Dense Gas in NGC 7469
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS(2015)
摘要
We present an unprecedented measurement of the disk stability and local instability scales in the luminous infrared Seyfert 1 host, NGC 7469, based on ALMA observations of dense gas tracers and with a synthesized beam of 165 x 132 pc. While we confirm that non-circular motions are not significant in redistributing the dense interstellar gas in this galaxy, we find compelling evidence that the dense gas is a suitable tracer for studying the origin of its intensely high-mass star-forming ringlike structure. Our derived disk stability parameter Q accounts for a thick disk structure, and its value falls below unity at the radii in which intense star formation is found. Furthermore, we derive the characteristic instability scale lambda(c) and find a striking agreement between our measured scale of similar to 180 pc and the typical sizes of individual complexes of young and massive star clusters seen in high-resolution images.
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galaxies: individual (NGC 7469),galaxies: ISM,galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
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