[CI](1-0) and [CI](2-1) in Resolved Local Galaxies

被引:20
作者
Crocker, Alison F. [1 ]
Pellegrini, Eric [2 ]
Smith, J-D T. [3 ]
Draine, Bruce T. [4 ]
Wilson, Christine D. [5 ]
Wolfire, Mark [6 ]
Armus, Lee [7 ]
Brinks, Elias [8 ]
Dale, Daniel A. [9 ]
Groves, Brent [10 ]
Herrera-Camus, Rodrigo [11 ]
Hunt, Leslie K. [12 ]
Kennicutt, Robert C. [13 ]
Murphy, Eric J. [14 ]
Sandstrom, Karin [15 ]
Schinnerer, Eva [16 ]
Rigopoulou, Dimitra [17 ]
Rosolowsky, Erik [18 ]
van der Werf, Paul [19 ]
机构
[1] Reed Coll, Dept Phys, Portland, OR 97202 USA
[2] Heidelberg Univ, Inst Theoret Astrophys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[3] Univ Toledo, Dept Phys & Astron, Toledo, OH 43606 USA
[4] Princeton Univ Observ, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[5] McMaster Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Hamilton, ON, Canada
[6] Univ Maryland, Dept Astron, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[7] CALTECH, IPAC, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[8] Univ Hertfordshire, Ctr Astrophys Res, Coll Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, Herts, England
[9] Univ Wyoming, Dept Phys & Astron, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
[10] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Astron & Astrophys, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[11] Univ Concepcion, Fac Ciencias Fis & Matemat, Dept Astron, Ave Esteban Iturra S-N,Casilla 160-C, Concepcion, Chile
[12] INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[13] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge, England
[14] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Charlottesville, VA USA
[15] Univ Calif San Diego, Ctr Astrophys & Space Sci, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[16] MPI Astron, Konigstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[17] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3RH, England
[18] Univ British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 Univ Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
[19] Leiden Univ, Leiden Observ, POB 9513, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 英国科学技术设施理事会;
关键词
NEARBY GALAXIES; MOLECULAR GAS; C I; SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION; CLOUDS;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/ab4196
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present resolved [C I] line intensities of 18 nearby galaxies observed with the SPIRE FTS spectrometer on the Herschel Space Observatory. We use these data along with resolved CO line intensities from J(up) = 1 to 7 to interpret what phase of the interstellar medium the [C I] lines trace within typical local galaxies. A tight, linear relation is found between the intensities of the CO(4-3) and [C I](2-1) lines; we hypothesize this is due to the similar upper level temperature of these two lines. We modeled the [C I] and CO line emission using large-velocity gradient models combined with an empirical template. According to this modeling, the [C I](1-0) line is clearly dominated by the low-excitation component. We determine [C I] to molecular mass conversion factors for both the [C I](1-0) and [C I](2-1) lines, with mean values of alpha([C I](1-0)) = 7.3 M circle dot K-1 km(-1) s pc(-2) and alpha([C I](2-1)) = 34 M circle dot K-1 km(-1) s pc(-2) with logarithmic root-mean-square spreads of 0.20 and 0.32 dex, respectively. The similar spread of alpha([C I](1-0)) to alpha(CO) (derived using the CO(2-1) line) suggests that [C I](1-0) may be just as good a tracer of cold molecular gas as CO(2-1) in galaxies of this type. On the other hand, the wider spread of alpha([C I](2-1)) and the tight relation found between [C I](2-1) and CO(4-3) suggest that much of the [C I](2-1) emission may originate in warmer molecular gas.
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