Dense gas in nearby galaxies. II - CS emission from spiral galaxies

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Abundance, Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Radiation, Millimeter Waves, Molecular Gases, Spiral Galaxies, Carbon Compounds, Emission Spectra, Gas Density, Line Spectra, Sulfides

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Results are presented of a search for CS emissions toward 12 galaxies which are known to be strong CO emitters. Detections of the CS J = 2-1 and 3-2 transitions were obtained for Maffei 2, NGC4945, M83, and NGC6946; there were also marginal detections toward the Seyfert galaxy NGC1068 and toward NGC3079. For the sources with detected 3-2 emission, the CS(3-2)/CO(1-0) intensity ratio lies in the range between 1:15 and 1:68. It was found that there might be a direct relationship between the IR luminosity of a galaxy and the CS/CO intensity ratio, indicating that the fraction of high-density gas becomes larger in nuclei with a high rate of star formation.

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