M33 CO(2-1) and HI integrated intensity maps Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Gratier P.
  2. Braine J.
  3. Rodriguez-Fernandez N.J.
  4. Schuster K.F.
  5. Kramer C.,Xilouris E.M.
  6. Tabatabaei F.S.
  7. Henkel C.
  8. Corbelli E.
  9. Israel F.,van der Werf P.P.
  10. Calzetti D.
  11. Garcia-Burillo S.
  12. Sievers A.
  13. Combes F.,Wiklind T.
  14. Brouillet N.
  15. Herpin F.
  16. Bontemps S.
  17. Aalto S.
  18. Koribalski B.,van der Tak F.
  19. Wiedner M.C.
  20. Rollig M.
  21. Mookerjea B.
  22. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present high-resolution large-scale observations of the molecular and atomic gas in the Local Group galaxy M 33. The observations were carried out using the HEterodyne Receiver Array (HERA) at the 30m IRAM telescope in the CO(2-1) line, achieving a resolution of 12"x2.6km/s, enabling individual giant molecular clouds (GMCs) to be resolved. The observed region is 650 square arcminutes mainly along the major axis and out to a radius of 8.5kpc, and covers entirely the 2'x40' radial strip observed with the HIFI and PACS Spectrometers as part of the HERM33ES Herschel key program. The achieved sensitivity in main-beam temperature is 20-50mK at 2.6km/s velocity resolution. The CO(2-1) luminosity of the observed region is 1.7+/-0.1x10^7^K.km/s.pc^2^ and is estimated to be 2.8+/-0.3x10^7^K.km/s.pc^2^ for the entire galaxy, corresponding to H_2_ masses of 1.9x10^8^ and 3.3x10^8^ respectively (including He), calculated with N(H_2_)/I_CO_(1-0) twice the Galactic value due to the half-solar metallicity of M 33. The HI 21cm VLA archive observations were reduced, and the mosaic was imaged and cleaned using the multi-scale task in the CASA software package, yielding a series of datacube with resolutions ranging from 5" to 25". The HI mass within a radius of 8.5kpc is estimated to be 1.4x10^9^. The azimuthally averaged CO surface brightness decreases exponentially with a scale length of 1.9+/-0.1kpc whereas the atomicgas surface density is constant at {Sigma}_HI_=6+/-2pc^-2^ deprojected to face-on. For an (H_2_)/I_CO_(1-0) conversion factor twice that of the Milky Way, the central kiloparsec H2 surface density is {Sigma}_HI_=8.5+/-0.2pc^-2^. The star formation rate per unit moecular gas (SF efficiency, the rate of transformation of molecular gas into stars), as traced by the ratio of CO to H{alpha} and FIR brightness, is constant with radus. The SFE, with a N(H2)/I_CO_(1-0) factor twice galactic, appears 2-4 times greater than for large spiral galaxies. A morphological comparison of molecular and atomic gas with tracers of star formation is presented showing good agreement between these maps both in terms of peaks and holes. A few exceptions are noted. Several spectra, including those of a molecular cloud situated more than 8kpc from the galaxy center, are presented.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. h-i-line-emission
  3. co-line-emission
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2010A&A...522A...3G
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.35220003

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2010-10-27T07:46:47Z
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