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Title: | High-resolution imaging of the molecular outflows in two mergers: IRAS 17208-0014 and NGC 1614 | Authors: | García-Burillo, S. Combes, F. Usero, A. Aalto, S. Colina, L. Alonso-Herrero, A. HUNT, Leslie Kipp Arribas, S. Costagliola, F. Labiano, A. Neri, R. Pereira-Santaella, M. Tacconi, L. J. van der Werf, P. P. |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Journal: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Number: | 580 | First Page: | A35 | Abstract: | Context. Galaxy evolution scenarios predict that the feedback of star formation and nuclear activity (AGN) can drive the transformation of gas-rich spiral mergers into (ultra) luminous infrared galaxies and, eventually, lead to the build-up of QSO/elliptical hosts. <BR /> Aims: We study the role that star formation and AGN feedback have in launching and maintaining the molecular outflows in two starburst-dominated advanced mergers, <ASTROBJ>NGC 1614</ASTROBJ> (D<SUB>L</SUB> = 66 Mpc) and <ASTROBJ>IRAS 17208-0014</ASTROBJ> (D<SUB>L</SUB> = 181 Mpc), by analyzing the distribution and kinematics of their molecular gas reservoirs. Both galaxies present evidence of outflows in other phases of their ISM. <BR /> Methods: We used the Plateau de Bure interferometer (PdBI) to image the CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) line emissions in <ASTROBJ>NGC 1614</ASTROBJ> and <ASTROBJ>IRAS 17208-0014</ASTROBJ>, respectively, with high spatial resolution (0''̣5-1''̣2). The velocity fields of the gas were analyzed and modeled to find the evidence of molecular outflows in these sources and characterize the mass, momentum, and energy of these components. <BR /> Results: While most (≥95%) of the CO emission stems from spatially resolved (~2-3 kpc-diameter) rotating disks, we also detect in both mergers the emission from high-velocity line wings that extend up to ±500-700 km s<SUP>-1</SUP>, well beyond the estimated virial range associated with rotation and turbulence. The kinematic major axis of the line-wing emission is tilted by ~90° in <ASTROBJ>NGC 1614</ASTROBJ> and by ~180° in <ASTROBJ>IRAS 17208-0014</ASTROBJ> relative to the major axes of their respective rotating disks. These results can be explained by the existence of non-coplanar molecular outflows in both systems: the outflow axis is nearly perpendicular to the rotating disk in <ASTROBJ>NGC 1614</ASTROBJ>, but it is tilted relative to the angular momentum axis of the rotating disk in <ASTROBJ>IRAS 17208-0014</ASTROBJ>. <BR /> Conclusions: In stark contrast to <ASTROBJ>NGC 1614</ASTROBJ>, where star formation alone can drive its molecular outflow, the mass, energy, and momentum budget requirements of the molecular outflow in <ASTROBJ>IRAS 17208-0014</ASTROBJ> can be best accounted for by the existence of a so far undetected (hidden) AGN of L<SUB>AGN</SUB> ~ 7 × 10<SUP>11</SUP> L<SUB>☉</SUB>. The geometry of the molecular outflow in <ASTROBJ>IRAS 17208-0014</ASTROBJ> suggests that the outflow is launched by a non-coplanar disk that may be associated with a buried AGN in the western nucleus. <P />Based on observations carried out with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. IRAM is supported by INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany), and IGN (Spain). | Acknowledgments: | We acknowledge the IRAM staff from the Plateau de Bure and from Grenoble for carrying out the observations and help provided during the data reduction. We used observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive. We thank Dr. Anne Medling for sharing information on the absolute coordinates of the stellar nuclear disks of IRAS 17208-0014 . S.G.B. thanks the Paris Observatory for its economic support and hospitality during his stay in August 2014. S.G.B. acknowledges support from Spanish grants AYA2010-15169 and from the Junta de Andalucia through TIC-114 and the Excellence Project P08-TIC-03531. S.G.B. and A.L. acknowledge support from MICIN within program CONSOLIDER INGENIO 2010, under grant “Molecular Astrophysics: The Herschel and ALMA Era–ASTROMOL” (ref CSD2009-00038). S.G.B., A.U., L.C., and S.A. acknowledge support from Spanish grant AYA2012-32295. F.C. acknowledges the European Research Council for the Advanced Grant Program Num. 267399-Momentum. A.A.H. acknowledges support from the Spanish Plan Nacional grant AYA2012-31447 (partly funded by the FEDER program). | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23083 | URL: | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2015/08/aa26133-15/aa26133-15.html | ISSN: | 0004-6361 | DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201526133 | Bibcode ADS: | 2015A&A...580A..35G | Fulltext: | open |
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