Unveiling the physical properties and kinematics of molecular gas in the antennae galaxies (NGC4038/9) through high-resolution CO (J = 3-2) observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 745, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ueda, Junko ^a,b,c   Iono, Daisuke ^a,c   Petitpas, Glen ^c   Yun, Min S ^d   Ho, Paul T P ^c,e   Kawabe, Ryohei ^a   Mao, Rui Qing ^f   Martín, Sergio ^g   Matsushita, Satoki ^e,h   Peck, Alison B ^c,h   Tamura, Yoichi ^a,b   Wang, Junzhi ⁱ   Wang, Zhong ^c   Wilson, Christine D ^j   Zhang, Qizhou ^c  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^f CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^h JOINT ALMA OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

ⁱ NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

galaxies: individual (NGC 4038, NGC 4039); galaxies: interactions; galaxies: ISM; radio lines: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856954774     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/745/1/65     Document Type: Article

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