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    Distribution of HNCO 505βˆ’404_{05}-4_{04} in Massive Star-forming Regions

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    The goal of this paper is to study the spatial distribution of HNCO in massive star-forming regions, and investigate its spatial association with infrared sources, as well as physical conditions in region of HNCO emission. We have mapped nine massive star-forming regions in HNCO 505βˆ’404_{05}-4_{04} with the Purple Mountain Observatory 13.7m telescope. The C18O maps of these sources were obtained simultaneously. The HNCO emission shows compact distribution, with emission peak centred on water masers. Nearly all the HNCO clumps show signs of embedded mid-infrared or far-infrared sources. The FWHM sizes of HNCO clumps are significantly smaller than C18O clumps but rather similar to HC3N clumps. We also found good correlation between the integrated intensities, linewidths and LSR velocities of HNCO and HC3N emission, implying similar excitation mechanism of these two species. As such, collisional excitation is likely to be the dominant excitation mechanism for HNCO 505βˆ’404_{05}-4_{04} emission in galactic massive star-forming regions.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, accepted by A&

    Massive Red Spiral Galaxies in SDSS-IV MaNGA Survey

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    Massive red spiral galaxies (MRSGs) are supposed to be the possible progenitors of lenticular galaxies (S0s). We select a large sample of MRSGs (Mβˆ—>1010.5MβŠ™M_*>10^{10.5}\rm M_{\odot}) from MaNGA DR17 using the gβˆ’rg-r color vs. stellar mass diagram, along with control samples of blue spirals and S0s. Our main results are as follows: (1) After comparing the Seˊ\rm \acute{e}rsic index, concentration parameter, asymmetry parameter distribution, size-mass relation and Ξ£1\Sigma_1 (stellar mass surface density within the central 1 kpc)-mass relation, we find MRSGs are similar to S0s and have more compact and symmetric structures than blue spirals. MRSGs also resemble S0s in Dn4000, metallicity, Mgb/⟨Fe⟩\rm \left \langle Fe \right \rangle and V/ΟƒV/\sigma radial profile. (2) By using MaNGA 2D spectra data, we separate the spatial regions into inner (R < 0.8ReR_{\rm e}) and outer (0.8ReR_{\rm e} < R < 1.5ReR_{\rm e}) regions, and detect residual star formation in the outer regions of MRSGs. (3) When we select a sub-sample of MRSGs with NUVβˆ’r-r > 5, we find that they are completely star-formation quenched in both inner and outer regions. Compared to optically selected MRSGs, NUVβˆ’r-r selected MRSGs appear to be more concentrated and have more massive dark matter halos. The similarities between S0s and MRSGs suggest the possible evolutionary trend between MRSGs and S0s.Comment: accepted for publication in MNRAS; 17 pages, 16 figures, 1 tabl
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