Issue |
A&A
Volume 404, Number 2, June III 2003
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Page(s) | 495 - 504 | |
Section | Extragalactic astronomy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030479 | |
Published online | 02 June 2003 |
CI and CO in the nearby spiral galaxies IC 342 and Maffei 2
1
Sterrewacht Leiden, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
2
Joint Astronomy Centre, 660 N. A'ohoku Pl., Hilo, Hawaii, 96720, USA
Corresponding author: F. P. Israel, israel@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Received:
19
February
2003
Accepted:
27
March
2003
We present ,
,
and 492 GHz [CI] maps
as well as
and
measurements of the central
regions in the nearby Sc galaxies IC 342 and Maffei 2. In both galaxies,
the distribution of CO and [CI] is strongly concentrated towards the
center. These centers harbour modest starbursts. Both galaxies have
nearly identical
transitional ratios
but the relative intensities of their
and [CI] emission lines
differ significantly. The observed sets of line intensities require
modelling with a multi-component molecular gas. In both galaxies, a
dense component must be present (
)
with kinetic temperatures
K (IC 342) or
K
(Maffei 2), as well as a less dense (IC 342: a few hundred
at
most; Maffei 2:
) and hotter (
K) component. In both galaxies, neutral and ionized atomic
carbon amounts are between 1.5 and 2.5 times those of CO.
In both starburst centers about half to two thirds of the molecular
gas mass is associated with the hot PDR phase.
The center of IC 342 contains within
kpc an (atomic and
molecular) gas mass of 1
and a peak face-on
gas mass density of about 70
pc-2. For Maffei 2 these
numbers are less clearly defined, mainly because of uncertainties
in its distance and carbon abundance. We find a gass mass
, and a peak face-on gas mass
density of about 35
pc-2.
Key words: galaxies: individual: IC 342; Maffei 2 / galaxies: ISM / radio lines: galaxies / ISM: molecules
© ESO, 2003
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