Isotopologues of dense gas tracers in NGC 1068

Journal Article · Thu Nov 20 04:00:00 EST 2014 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/57· OSTI ID:22369969

Wang, Junzhi; Qiu, Jianjie ^[1]; Zhang, Zhi-Yu ^[2]; Shi, Yong ^[3]; Zhang, Jiangshui ^[4]; Fang, Min ^[5]

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1. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 80 Nandan Road, 200030, Shanghai (China)
2. Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ (United Kingdom)
3. School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 (China)
4. Center For Astrophysics, GuangZhou University, 510006, GuangZhou (China)
5. ESO, Karl Schwarzschild Strasse 2, D-85748 Garching bei Munich (Germany)

We present observations of isotopic lines of dense gas tracers toward the nuclear region of nearby Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068 with the IRAM 30 m telescope and the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) 12 m telescope. We detected four isotopic lines (H{sup 13}CN 1-0, H{sup 13}CO{sup +} 1-0, HN{sup 13}C 1-0, and HC{sup 18}O{sup +} 1-0) at the 3 mm band with the IRAM 30 m telescope and obtained upper limits of other lines. We calculated optical depths of dense gas tracers with the detected isotopic lines of HCN 1-0, HCO{sup +} 1-0, and HNC 1-0. We find that the {sup 14}N/{sup 15}N abundance ratio is greater than 420 if we adopt the upper limit of HC{sup 15}N(1-0) emission. Combining this with fluxes of 1-0 lines from IRAM 30 m observations and the upper limit of 3-2 lines from APEX 12 m observations, we also estimated the excitation condition of molecular gas in the nuclear region of NGC 1068, which is less dense than that in the extreme starburst regions of galaxies.

• OSTI ID: 22369969
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 796; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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