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Mar 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.295..156p&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 295, p. 156
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Starburst Galaxies, H Alpha Line, Hydrogen Recombinations, Very Large Array (Vla), Radio Spectra, Galactic Nuclei, Emission Spectra, Continuous Radiation, H Ii Regions, Astronomical Models, Infrared Spectra
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We have used the Very Large Array (VLA) to search for the H92 alpha radio recombination line (RRL) in four starburst galaxies. In NGC 660, the line was detected over a 17 x 8 sq arcsec region near its starburst nucleus. The line and continuum emission indicate that the RRL-emitting gas is most likely in the form of a cluster of H II regions with a small filling factor. Using a simple model, we find that the total ionized mass in the nuclear region is in the range 2-8 x 10 exp 4 solar masses and the rate of production of UV photons NLyc = 1-3 x 10 exp 53/s. The ratio of H92 alpha and Br gamma line intensities in NGC 660 indicates that extinction is significant even at gamma = 2 microns. The velocity field of the ionized gas is consistent with a rotating disk with an average velocity gradient of 15 km/s arcsec. The dynamical mass within the central 500 pc is 4 x 10 exp 88 solar masses and may be about 6 x 10 exp 7 solar masses within the central 120 pc. No line was detected in the other galaxies (NGC 520, NGC 1614, and NGC 6946) to a 3 sigma limit of 300 microJy. In the starburst galaxies in which RRLs have been detected, we find that there is a rough correlation between the integrated H92 alpha line flux density and both the total far-infrared flux density and the radio continuum emission from the central region.
Anantharamaiah K. R.
Goss William Miller
Phookun Bikram
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