Molecular-Gas Superwind from the Face-on Wolf-Rayet Galaxy MRK 1259
Taniguchi, Y. Ohyama Y.
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We report results of ¹²CO (J=1-0) mapping observations of the Wolf-Rayet starburst galaxy Mrk 1259 which has optical evidence for the superwind seen from a nearly pole-on view. The CO emission is detected in the central 4 kpc region. The nuclear CO spectrum shows a blue-shifted (ΔV ≃ -27 km s⁻¹) broad (FWHM ≃ 114 km s⁻¹) component as well as the narrow one (FWHM ≃ 68 km s⁻¹). The off-nuclear CO spectra also show the single-peaked broad component (FWHM ≃ 100 km s⁻¹). The single-peaked CO profiles of both the nuclear and off-nuclear regions may be explained if we introduce a CO gas disk with a velocity dispersion of 100 km s⁻¹. If this gas disk would be extended up to a few kpc in radius, we may explain the wide line widths of the off-nuclear CO emission. Alternatively, we may attribute the off-nuclear CO emission to the gas associated with the superwind. However, if all the CO gas moves along the biconical surface of the superwind, the CO spectra would show double-peaked profiles. Hence, the single-peaked CO profiles of the off-nuclear regions may be explained by an idea that the morphology and/or velocity field of the molecular-gas superwind are more complex as suggested by hydrodynamical simulations.
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