Hydrogen Radio Recombination Line Emission from M51 and NGC 628
Hydrogen Radio Recombination Line Emission from M51 and NGC 628
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M51 和 NGC 628 的氢射电复合线发射
DOI:
10.1088/1538-3873/aac8e9
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Kepley, Amanda A.
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作者:
Luisi, Matteo;Anderson, L. D.;Bania, T. M.;Balser, Dana S.;Wenger, Trey V.;Kepley, Amanda A.
We report the discovery of hydrogen radio recombination line (RRL) emission from two galaxies with star formation rates (SFRs) similar to that of the Milky Way: M51 and NGC 628. We use the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to measure∼ 15 Hnα recombination transitions simultaneously and average these data to improve our spectral signal-to-noise ratio. We show that our data can be used to estimate the total ionizing photon flux of these two sources, and we derive their SFRs within the GBT beam: Ψ OB= 3.46 M⊙ yr− 1 for M51 and Ψ OB= 0.56 M⊙ yr− 1 for NGC 628. Here, we demonstrate that it is possible to detect RRLs from normal galaxies that are not undergoing a starburst with current instrumentation and reasonable integration times (∼ 12 hr for each source). We also show that we can characterize the overall star-forming properties of M51 and NGC 628, although the GBT beam cannot resolve individual H ii region complexes. Our results suggest that future instruments, such as the Square Kilometre Array and the Next Generation Very Large Array, will be able to detect RRL emission from a multitude of Milky Way-like galaxies, making it possible to determine SFRs of normal galaxies unaffected by extinction and to measure global star formation properties in the local universe.
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x
发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
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