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arXiv:astro-ph/0403145 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 5 Mar 2004]

Title:Molecular Gas around the Double Nucleus in M83

Authors:Kazushi Sakamoto (1), Satoki Matsushita (2), Alison B. Peck (1), Martina C. Wiedner (3,1), Daisuke Iono (1,4) ((1) Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, (2) ASIAA, (3), Univ. Koeln, (4) Univ. Massachusetts)
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Abstract: The center of M83, a barred starburst galaxy with a double nucleus, has been observed in the CO(J=2-1) and CO(J=3-2) lines with the Submillimeter Array. The molecular gas shows a distribution and kinematics typical for barred galaxies at kpc radii, but reveals unusual kinematics around the double nucleus in the central 300 pc. Our CO velocity data show that the visible nucleus in M83 is at least 3" (65 pc) away from the galaxy's dynamical center, which most likely coincides with the center of symmetry previously determined in K band and is suggested to host another nucleus. We discovered high-velocity molecular gas associated with the visible off-center nucleus, and also found a steep velocity gradient across it. We attribute these features to a gas disk rotating around the off-center nucleus, which may be the remnant of a small galaxy accreted by M83. The dynamical mass of this component is estimated to be 3x10^8 Msun within a radius of 40 pc. The dynamical perturbation from the off-center nucleus may have played a key role in shaping the lopsided starburst.
Comments: accepted for publication in ApJ Letters, 13 pages, 4 figures
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/0403145
  (or arXiv:astro-ph/0403145v1 for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0403145
Journal reference: Astrophys.J. 616 (2004) L59-L62
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/420845

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From: Kazushi Sakamoto [view email]
[v1] Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:34:08 UTC (368 KB)
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