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Título : Vibrationally excited HC3N emission in NGC 1068: tracing the recent star formation in the starburst ring
Autor : Rico Villas, F.
Martín Pintado, J.
González Alfonso, E.
Rivilla, V. M.
Martín, S.
García Burillo, S.
Jiménez Serra, I.
Sánchez García, M.
Palabras clave : Galaxies: Individual: NGC1068;Galaxies: ISM;galaxies: Seyfert;galaxies: Star Clusters;Galaxies: Star Formation
Fecha de publicación : 25-ene-2021
Editorial : Oxford Academics: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab197
Versión del Editor: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/502/2/3021/6119921
Citación : Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 502(2): 3021–3034(2021)
Resumen : Using the ALMA data, we have studied the HC3N and continuum emission in the starburst pseudo-ring (SB pseudo-ring) and the circumnuclear disc (CND) of the SB/active galactic nucleus (AGN) composite galaxy NGC 1068. We have detected emission from vibrationally excited HC3N (HC3N*) only towards one star-forming region of the SB pseudo-ring. Remarkably, HC3N* was not detected towards the CND despite its large HC3N v = 0 column density. From local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) and non-LTE modelling of HC3N*, we obtained a dust temperature (Tdust) of ∼250 K and a density (nH2) of 6×105 cm−3 for this star-forming region. The estimated infrared (IR) luminosity of 5.8 × 108 L⊙ is typical of proto-superstar clusters (proto-SSCs) observed in the SB galaxy NGC 253. We use the continuum emissions at 147 and 350 GHz, along with CO and Pa α, to estimate the ages of other 14 SSCs in the SB pseudo-ring. We find the SSCs to be associated with the region connecting the nuclear bar with the SB pseudo-ring, supporting the inflow scenario. For the CND, our analysis yields Tdust ≤ 100 K and nH2∼(3−6)×105 cm−3. The very different dust temperatures found for the CND and the proto-SSC indicate that, while the dust in the proto-SSC is being efficiently heated from the inside by the radiation from massive protostars, the CND is being heated externally by the AGN, which in the IR optically thin case can only heat the dust to 56 K. We discuss the implications of the non-detection of HC3N* near the luminous AGN in NGC 1068 on the interpretation of the HC3N* emission observed in the SB/AGN composite galaxies NGC 4418 and Arp 220.
URI : http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12666/550
E-ISSN : 1365-2966
ISSN : 0035-8711
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