Resolved OH megamaser emission in the nuclear region of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Markarian 273

Details Resolved OH megamaser emission in the nuclear region of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Markarian 273 Resolved OH megamaser emission in the nuclear region of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Markarian 273

Sep 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000mnras.317...28y&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 317, Issue 1, pp. 28-36.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Masers, Ism: Molecules, Galaxies: Individual: Markarian 273, Galaxies: Ism, Galaxies: Nuclei, Radio Lines: Galaxies

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We present high angular resolution MERLIN observations of the 18-cm OH maser and continuum emission associated with the active core of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Markarian 273. The continuum emission comes from three distinct regions in the central arcsecond of the galaxy. The brightest region of emission has a double-peaked structure which is spatially coincident with similar structures observed at 6cm and 2.2μm. The peak of the OH maser emission is spatially coincident with the peak in the continuum. For the first time the maser emission is spatially resolved, allowing us to measure the gas motion within the central 100pc of the galaxy. Maser emission is found in both the 1665- and 1667-MHz lines, with no systematic offset found in the spatial locations of the two lines. The brighter component of the maser emission shows ordered motion and is aligned along the axis of the double-peaked structure in the brightest continuum region. The gas motion enables us to estimate the central mass density to be 850+/-50Msolarpc-3, which corresponds to a total mass of ~1.5×108Msolar.

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