CO observations of the peculiar galaxy NGC 7625 and detection of infalling molecular gas

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Feb 1992

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PASJ: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (ISSN 0004-6264), vol. 44, no. 1, p. 1-7.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Carbon Monoxide, H Ii Regions, Interstellar Gas, Peculiar Galaxies, Star Formation Rate, Galactic Evolution, Galactic Nuclei, Hydrogen, Molecular Clouds

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We have carried out (C-12)O (J = 1-0) emission-line observations of NGC 7625 (= Arp 212) with the Nobeyama 45-m telescope. We have found that the molecular gas is widely spread in the galaxy, and is correlated with visible dust lanes; its molecular mass is at least 1.54 x 10 exp 9 solar masses. The velocity of molecular gas is not fully consistent with the rotation of the stellar disk. Part of the molecular gas, corresponding to a prominent dark lane, shows a redshifted velocity with respect to the stellar disk, suggesting an infall of the molecular gas onto the stellar disk. We have estimated the present-day and past star formation rates using the FIR and B luminosities, respectively, and have found that these two star formation rates have the same value, as large as 8.5 solar mass/yr. This suggests that a constant star formation rate has been maintained for the last 10 exp 9 yr in this galaxy. In order to explain this high star formation rate and the velocity anomaly of CO gas, we suggest that molecular gas has been infalling onto this galaxy at a constant rate, thus enhancing star formation.

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