High-resolution Imaging of the OH Megamaser Emission in IRAS12032+1707 and IRAS14070+0525

Details High-resolution Imaging of the OH Megamaser Emission in IRAS12032+1707 and IRAS14070+0525 High-resolution Imaging of the OH Megamaser Emission in IRAS12032+1707 and IRAS14070+0525

2004-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410134v1

Astrophys.J. 618 (2005) 705-711

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 7 Postscript figures, accepted by ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/426098

We present results from VLBA observations of the 1667 and 1665 MHz OH lines in the two OH megamaser galaxies IRAS12032+1707 and IRAS14070+0525. For IRAS12032+1707 we also present Arecibo HI absorption data. Almost all OH emission previously detected by single dish observations has been recovered in IRAS12032+1707 and is found on a compact scale of <100 pc. The emission shows an ordered velocity field that is consistent with a single disk. However, the data is also consistent with a scenario including two physically different gas components. We explore this possibility, in which the two strongest and most blueshifted maser features are identified as the tangent points of a circumnuclear torus. The redshifted maser features would be extended in a direction perpendicular to the torus, which is in the direction of the merger companion. Thus, redshifted emission could be associated with an inflow triggered by a tidal interaction. HI absorption covers the velocities of the redshifted maser emission, suggesting a common origin. In the second source, IRAS14070+0525, a large fraction of the OH emission is resolved out with the VLBA. We find no significant evidence of an ordered velocity field in this source, but these results are inconclusive due to a very low signal-to-noise ratio.

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