A SOFIA Survey of [CII] in the galaxy M51 I. [CII] as a tracer of Star Formation
| العنوان: | A SOFIA Survey of [CII] in the galaxy M51 I. [CII] as a tracer of Star Formation |
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| المؤلفون: | Ralf S. Klessen, Simon C. O. Glover, Jin Koda, Jorge L. Pineda, Carsten Kramer, Maria Kapala, Rowan J. Smith, Bhaswati Mookerjea, Paul F. Goldsmith, Nick Scoville, Christof Buchbender, Monika Ziebart, Karin Sandstrom, Christian Fischer, Juergen Stutzki |
| المصدر: | Pineda, J, Fischer, C, Kapala, M, Stutzki, J, Buchbender, C, Goldsmith, P, Ziebart, M, Glover, S C O, Klessen, R S, Koda, J, Kramer, C, Mookerjea, B, Sandstrom, K, Scoville, N & Smith, R 2018, ' A SOFIA Survey of [C ii] in the galaxy M51 I. [C ii] as a tracer of Star Formation ', The Astrophysical Journal Letters . https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaf1ad |
| بيانات النشر: | American Astronomical Society, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Physics, Spiral galaxy, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Center (category theory), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Grand design spiral galaxy, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Computer Science::Computational Geometry, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy, Far infrared, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation) |
| الوصف: | We present a [CII] 158um map of the entire M51 (including M51b) grand--design spiral galaxy observed with the FIFI-LS instrument on SOFIA. We compare the [CII] emission with the total far--infrared (TIR) intensity and star formation rate(SFR) surface density maps (derived using H_alpha and 24um emission) to study the relationship between [CII] and the star formation activity in a variety of environments within M51 on scales of 16" corresponding to ~660 pc. We find that [CII] and the SFR surface density are well correlated in the central, spiral arm, and inter-arm regions. The correlation is in good agreement with that found for a larger sample of nearby galaxies at kpc scales. We find that the SFR, and [CII] and TIR luminosities in M51 are dominated by the extended emission in M51's disk. The companion galaxy M51b, however, shows a deficit of [CII] emission compared with the TIR emission and SFR surface density, with [CII] emission detected only in the S-W part of this galaxy. The [CII] deficit is associated with an enhanced dust temperature in this galaxy. We interpret the faint [CII] emission in M51b to be a result of suppressed star formation in this galaxy, while the bright mid- and far-infrared emission, which drive the TIR and SFR values, are powered by other mechanisms. A similar but less pronounced effect is seen at the location of the black hole in M51's center. The observed [CII] deficit in M51b suggests that this galaxy is a valuable laboratory to study the origin of the apparent [CII] deficit observed in ultra-luminous galaxies. Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in Apj Letters |
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| اللغة: | English |
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| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9ce0f7121fceb22bd198a80fca7ff637 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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