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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/744/1/42 | ||||
| Año | 2012 | ||||
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We present the largest sample to date of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in a substantial spiral galaxy other than the Milky Way. We map the distribution of molecular gas with high resolution and image fidelity within the central 5 kpc of the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 in the (CO)-C-12 (J = 1-0) transition. By combining observations from the Nobeyama Radio Observatory 45 m single dish telescope and the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter Astronomy interferometer, we are able to obtain high image fidelity and accurate measurements of L-CO compared with previous purely interferometric studies. We resolve individual GMCs, measure their luminosities and virial masses, and derive X-CO-the conversion factor from CO measurements to H-2 masses-within individual clouds. On average, we find that X-CO = 1.2 x 10(20) cm(-2) (K km s(-1))(-1), which is consistent within our uncertainties with previously derived Galactic values as well as the value we derive for Galactic GMCs above our mass sensitivity limit. The properties of our GMCs are largely consistent with the trends observed for molecular clouds detected in the Milky Way disk, with the exception of six clouds detected within similar to 400 pc of the center of NGC 6946, which exhibit larger velocity dispersions for a given size and luminosity, as has also been observed at the Galactic center.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Meyer, Jennifer Donovan | - |
SUNY Stony Brook - Estados Unidos
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| 1 | Donovan Meyer, Jennifer | Mujer |
Stony Brook University - Estados Unidos
SUNY Stony Brook - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Koda, J. | Mujer |
SUNY Stony Brook - Estados Unidos
Stony Brook University - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Momose, Rieko | Mujer |
Univ Tokyo - Japón
Natl Inst Nat Sci - Japón University of Tokyo - Japón National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Japón The University of Tokyo - Japón |
| 4 | Fukuhara, Masayuki | Hombre |
Univ Tokyo - Japón
University of Tokyo - Japón The University of Tokyo - Japón |
| 5 | Mooney, Thomas | Hombre |
SUNY Stony Brook - Estados Unidos
Stony Brook University - Estados Unidos |
| 6 | Towers, Sarah | Mujer |
SUNY Stony Brook - Estados Unidos
Western Michigan Univ - Estados Unidos Stony Brook University - Estados Unidos Western Michigan University - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | Egusa, Fumi | Mujer |
Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy - Japón
CALTECH - Estados Unidos JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science - Japón California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Kennicutt, R. C. | Hombre |
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido
Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido |
| 9 | Kuno, Nario | - |
Natl Inst Nat Sci - Japón
Grad Univ Adv Studies SOKENDAI - Japón National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Japón The Graduate University for Advanced Studies - Japón |
| 10 | Carty, Misty | Mujer |
UNIV MARYLAND - Estados Unidos
University of Maryland - Estados Unidos University of Maryland, College Park - Estados Unidos |
| 11 | Sawada, Tsuyoshi | Hombre |
Natl Inst Nat Sci - Japón
Atacama Large Millimeter Array - Chile National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Japón Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array - Chile |
| 12 | Scoville, Nicholas Z. | Hombre |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
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| Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| The authors thank the anonymous referee for the suggestions which improved the discussion of this paper. This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |