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Outflowing Molecular Gas in NGC 3079

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. A. Irwin
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, K7L 3N6
Y. Sofue
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo 181

Abstract

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NMA 12CO(J=1-0) observations of the radio lobe spiral galaxy, NGC 3079, reveal a dense, rigidly rotating ring of molecular gas with a radius of about 750 pc. In addition, a tilted CO component as well as several molecular gas “spurs” are interpreted as linear features which are accelerated outwards by the nuclear outflow.

Type
3. Astronomical Results and Prospects
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1994

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