A multispecies survey of the active galaxy NGC1068

Details A multispecies survey of the active galaxy NGC1068 A multispecies survey of the active galaxy NGC1068

May 2011

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The Molecular Universe, Posters from the proceedings of the 280th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Tole

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 is among the very few objects where nuclear starburst regions and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) can be spatially resolved with current millimeter--wavelength telescopes. We present a multispecies survey of molecular lines in this galaxy carried out with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. Thanks to the high spatial-resolution achieved, we distinguish the circumnuclear disk (CND) that surrounds the active nucleus of the galaxy from the outer starburst ring. We mapped the line emission of the most common tracers of UV-ray- X-ray- and shock-driven molecular chemistry in external galaxies (e.g., HCN, HCO^+, HNC, CN, SiO). This help us assess the importance of the main mechanisms whereby massive star formation and AGN may inject energy into the interstellar medium. We measure line ratios that evidence chemical/excitation differences between the AGN- and starburst-dominated environments in NGC 1068. Gradients of several line ratios within the CND support a complex picture of this region, where energy might be radiatively and mechanically injected at different locations. We consider the implications of our results for diagnostics of AGN- and starburst-driven feedback based on molecular lines. We also discuss whether molecular lines can fairly trace molecular mass in AGN and starburst galaxies, as commonly assumed in studies of star-forming laws in galaxies.

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