Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-04-03
Astron.Astrophys. 404 (2003) 495-504
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages; accepted by astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20030479
We present J=2-1, J=3-2, J=4-3 12CO and 492 GHz [CI] maps as well as J=2-1 and J=3-2 13CO measurements of the central regions in the nearby Sc galaxies IC 342 and Maffei 2. In both galaxies, the distribution of CO and [CI] is strongly concentrated towards the modest starburst centers. Both galaxies have nearly identical 12CO transitional ratios but the relative intensities of their 13CO and [CI] emission lines differ significantly and require modelling with a multi-component molecular gas. Both have a dense component (n(H2) = 10**4 - 10**5 cm**-3) with kinetic temperatures T(kin) = 10 - 20 K (IC 342) or 20 - 60 K (Maffei 2), and a less dense (IC 342: a few hundred cm**-3 at most; Maffei 2: about 3 x 10**3 cm**-3 and hotter (T(kin) = 100 - 150 K) component. In both galaxies, neutral and ionized atomic carbon amounts are between 1.5 and 2.5 times those of CO, and in both about half to two thirds of the molecular gas mass is associated with a hot PDR phase. Within R = 0.25 kpc, the center of IC 342 contains an (atomic and molecular) gas mass of 1 x 10**7 M(sun) and a peak face-on gas mass density of about 70 M(sun) pc**-2. For Maffei 2 these numbers are less clearly defined, mainly because of its uncertain distance and carbon abundance. We find a gass mass M(gas) > 0.5 x 10**7 M(sun) and a peak face-on gas mass density of about 35 M(sun) pc**-2.
Baas F.
Israel Frank P.
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