Investigating AGN/Starburst activities through ALMA multi-line observations in the mid-stage IR-bright merger VV 114
Abstract
We present ALMA cycle 0 observations of the luminous merger VV 114. One of the main goals is to investigate mechanisms of molecular line ratio enhancement. Regions with the high 12CO (1-0)/13CO (1-0) and 12CO (3-2)/12CO (1-0) is located at a central filamentary structure (~6 kpc) in VV 114. The filament consists of the eastern nucleus and the overlap region, where the galaxy disks are colliding. We also investigate these molecular line ratios on the Kennicutt-Schmidt law. VV 114 fills a gap between the ``starburst'' sequence and the ``normal disk'' sequence, and regions with the high ratios show the high ΣSFR and ΣH2 . We suggest that the high ratios in VV 114 are due to star-forming activities in the both progenitor's nuclei and the merger-induced overlap region.
- Publication:
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Galaxies in 3D across the Universe
- Pub Date:
- February 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392131400965X
- Bibcode:
- 2015IAUS..309..196S
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: interaction;
- galaxies: starburst;
- ISM: molecules