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NMA Survey of CO and HCN Emission from Nearby Active Galaxies
High resolution (a few arcseconds) observations of CO(1-0) and HCN(1-0)
emission from nearby Seyfert galaxies have been conducted with the Nobeyama
Millimeter Array. Based on the observed CO distributions and kinematics,we
suggest that a small scale (a few 100 pc - a few kpc) distortion of the
underlying potential seems to be necessary for Seyfert activity, although it is
not a sufficient condition. We also find that the Toomre's Q values in the
centers of Seyfert galaxies tend to be larger than unity, indicating the
circumnuclear molecular gas disks around Seyfert nuclei would be
gravitationally stable. The HCN/CO integrated intensity ratios (R_HCN/CO) range
over an order of magnitude, from 0.086 to 0.6. The Seyfert galaxies with high
R_HCN/CO may have an extended (r ~ 100 pc scale) envelope of obscuring
material. The presence of kpc scale jet/ outflow might be also related to the
extremely high R_HCN/CO.Comment: To appear in the Proceedings of the 3rd Cologne-Zermatt Symposium,
``The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium'
Dense and Warm Molecular Gas between Double Nuclei of the Luminous Infrared Galaxy NGC 6240
High spatial resolution observations of the 12CO(1-0), HCN(1-0), HCO+(1-0),
and 13CO(1-0) molecular lines toward the luminous infrared merger NGC 6240 have
been performed using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array and the RAINBOW
Interferometer. All of the observed molecular emission lines are concentrated
in the region between the double nuclei of the galaxy. However, the
distributions of both HCN and HCO+ emissions are more compact compared with
that of 12CO, and they are not coincident with the star-forming regions. The
HCN/12CO line intensity ratio is 0.25; this suggests that most of the molecular
gas between the double nuclei is dense. A comparison of the observed high
HCN/13CO intensity ratio, 5.9, with large velocity gradient calculations
suggests that the molecular gas is dense [n(H_2)=10^{4-6} cm^-3] and warm
(T_kin>50 K). The observed structure in NGC 6240 may be explained by time
evolution of the molecular gas and star formation, which was induced by an
almost head-on collision or very close encounter of the two galactic nuclei
accompanied with the dense gas and star-forming regions.Comment: 25 pages, 8 figures, To be appeared in PASJ 57, No.4 (August 25,
2005) issu
CO(J=6-5) Observations of the Quasar SDSS1044-0125 at z = 5.8
We present a result of the quasar CO(J=6-5) observations of SDSSp
J104433.04-012502.2 at z = 5.8. Ten-days observations with the Nobeyama
Millimeter Array yielded an rms noise level of ~ 2.1 mJy/beam in a frequency
range from 101.28 GHz to 101.99 GHz at a velocity resolution of 120 km/s. No
significant clear emission line was detected in the observed field and
frequency range. Three sigma upper limit on the CO(J=6-5) luminosity of the
object is 2.8 x 10^10 K km/s pc^2, corresponding to a molecular gas mass of 1.2
x 10^11 Solar Mass, if a conversion factor of 4.5 Solar Mass /(K km/s pc^2) is
adopted. The obtained upper limit on CO luminosity is slightly smaller than
those observed in quasars at z=4-5 toward which CO emissions are detected.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX2e, to appear in Publication of Astronomical
Society of Japan (PASJ), Postscript file available at
ftp://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/iwata/preprint/sdss1044/sdss.ps.g
Analysis of (K^-,K^+) inclusive spectrum with semiclassical distorted wave model
The inclusive K^+ momentum spectrum in the 12C(K^-,K^+) reaction is
calculated by the semiclassical distorted wave (SCDW) model, including the
transition to the \Xi^- bound state. The calculated spectra with the strength
of the \Xi^--nucleus potential -50, -20, and +10 MeV are compared with the
experimental data measured at KEK with p_{K^-}=1.65 GeV/c. The shape of the
spectrum is reproduced by the calculation. Though the inclusive spectrum
changes systematically depending on the potential strength, it is not possible
to obtain a constraint on the potential from the present data. The calculated
spectrum is found to have strong emission-angle dependence. We also investigate
the incident K^- momentum dependence of the spectrum to see the effect of the
Fermi motion of the target nucleons which is explicitly treated in the SCDW
method.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Tracing star formation in galaxies with molecular line and continuum observations
We report our recent progress on extragalactic spectroscopic and continuum
observations, including HCN(J=1-0), HCO(J=1-0), and CN(N=1-0) imaging
surveys of local Seyfert and starburst galaxies using the Nobeyama Millimeter
Array, high-J CO observations (J=3-2 observations using the Atacama
Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) and J=2-1 observations with the
Submillimeter Array) of galaxies, and 1.1 mm continuum observations
of high-z violent starburst galaxies using the bolometer camera AzTEC mounted
on ASTE.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, To appear in proceedings of "Far-Infrared and
Submillimeter Emission of the Interstellar Medium", EAS Publication Series,
Bad Honnef, November 2007, Eds. C. Kramer, S. Aalto, R. Simon. See
http://www.nro.nao.ac.jp/~f0212kk/FIR07/kk-ver20.pdf for a version with high
resolution figure
Addendum: Triton and hypertriton binding energies calculated from SU_6 quark-model baryon-baryon interactions
Previously we calculated the binding energies of the triton and hypertriton,
using an SU_6 quark-model interaction derived from a resonating-group method of
two baryon clusters. In contrast to the previous calculations employing the
energy-dependent interaction kernel, we present new results using a
renormalized interaction, which is now energy independent and reserves all the
two-baryon data. The new binding energies are slightly smaller than the
previous values. In particular the triton binding energy turns out to be 8.14
MeV with a charge-dependence correction of the two-nucleon force, 190 keV,
being included. This indicates that about 350 keV is left for the energy which
is to be accounted for by three-body forces.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Quark-Model Baryon-Baryon Interaction and its Applications to Hypernuclei
The quark-model baryon-baryon interaction fss2, proposed by the Kyoto-Niigata
group, is a unified model for the complete baryon octet (B_8=N, Lambda, Sigma
and Xi), which is formulated in a framework of the (3q)-(3q) resonating-group
method (RGM) using the spin-flavor SU_6 quark-model wave functions and
effective meson-exchange potentials at the quark level. Model parameters are
determined to reproduce properties of the nucleon-nucleon system and the
low-energy cross section data for the hyperon-nucleon scattering. Due to the
several improvements including the introduction of vector-meson exchange
potentials, fss2 has achieved very accurate description of the NN and YN
interactions, comparable to various one-boson exchange potentials. We review
the essential features of fss2 and our previous model FSS, and their
predictions to few-body systems in confrontation with the available
experimental data. Some characteristic features of the B_8 B_8 interactions
with the higher strangeness, S=-2, -3, -4, predicted by fss2 are discussed.
These quark-model interactions are now applied to realistic calculations of
few-body systems in a new three-cluster Faddeev formalism which uses
two-cluster RGM kernels. As for the few-body systems, we discuss the
three-nucleon bound states, the Lambda NN-Sigma NN system for the hypertriton,
the alpha alpha Lambda system for 9Be Lambda, and the Lambda Lambda alpha
system for 6He Lambda Lambda.Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures, 18th Nishinomiya Yukawa Memorial Symposium on
Strangeness in Nuclear Matter, 4 - 5 December 2003, Nishinomiya, Japan. (to
be published in Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl.
Three-Cluster Equation Using Two-Cluster RGM Kernel
We propose a new type of three-cluster equation which uses two-cluster
resonating-group-method (RGM) kernels. In this equation, the orthogonality of
the total wave-function to two-cluster Pauli-forbidden states is essential to
eliminate redundant components admixed in the three-cluster systems. The
explicit energy-dependence inherent in the exchange RGM kernel is
self-consistently determined. For bound-state problems, this equation is
straightforwardly transformed to the Faddeev equation which uses a modified
singularity-free T-matrix constructed from the two-cluster RGM kernel. The
approximation of the present three-cluster formalism can be examined with more
complete calculation using the three-cluster RGM. As a simple example, we
discuss three di-neutron (3d') and 3 alpha systems in the harmonic-oscillator
variational calculation. The result of the Faddeev calculation is also
presented for the 3' system.Comment: 12 pages, no figur
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