PECULIAR ROTATIONS OF MOLECULAR GAS IN M82 - KEPLERIAN DISK AND SLOWLY ROTATING HALO

被引:46
作者
SOFUE, Y
REUTER, HP
KRAUSE, M
WIELEBINSKI, R
NAKAI, N
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST RADIOASTRON,W-5300 BONN 1,GERMANY
[2] NOBEYAMA RADIO OBSERV,MINAMISA KU,NAGANO 38413,JAPAN
关键词
GALAXIES; INDIVIDUAL; (M82); ISM; KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1086/171636
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
High-resolution, high-sensitivity observations of the CO (J = 2 - 1) lines in the galaxy M82 have revealed that the rotation of the gas disk is Keplerian, which suggests that the galaxy has no massive halo. The extended molecular gas halo, extending up to +/-2 kpc above the galactic plane, shows very slow rotation and indicates that the halo gas has been ejected from the central region in angular momentum conservation.
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