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1.7” Resolution CO(1-0) Observations of ARP220: Nuclear Gas Ring of Merger Remnant
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
We made aperture synthesis CO(l-O) observations of the central region of Arp220 with the Nobeyama Millimeter Array. Central CO emission was resolved with a size of 975 kpc. It shows a ring-like structure (ɪ ~ 500 pc) with a large velocity gradient, 393 km · s−1 · kpc−1, from southwest to northeast direction. The ring-like emission is located around double radio compact sources. No emission peak was found in the center of the double sources within the velocity range 5100 km s−1to 5800 km s−1. These results suggest that an inclined massive gas ring has been or is being formed in the central 1 kpc of Arp220. Most of the molecular gas in Arp220 is concentrated on this nuclear ring. The radio compact sources are probably located at the inner egde of the ring.
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