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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 644, 期 2, 页码 907-913出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/503763
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galaxies : active; galaxies : individual (IRAS 08572+3915); galaxies : ISM; infrared : galaxies; line : profiles; molecular processes
We confirm the first detection of the molecular ion H-3(+) in an extragalactic object, the highly obscured ultraluminous galaxy IRAS 08572 + 3915 NW. We also have detected absorption lines of the fundamental band of CO in this galaxy. The CO absorption consists of a cold component close to the systemic velocity and warm, highly blueshifted and redshifted components. The warm blueshifted component is remarkably strong and broad and extends at least to - 350 km s(-1). Some analogies can be drawn between the H-3(+) and cold CO in IRAS 08572 + 3915 NW and the same species seen toward the Galactic center. The profiles of the warm CO components are not those expected from a dusty torus of the type thought to obscure active galactic nuclei. They are probably formed close to the dust continuum surface near the buried and active nucleus and are probably associated with an unusual and energetic event there.
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