Molecular Gas In The Cartwheel's "Over-Cooked" Ring

Authors

James L. Higdon, Georgia Southern UniverstiyFollow
Sarah J.U. Higdon, Georgia Southern UniverstiyFollow

Document Type

Conference Abstract

Publication Date

1-2012

Publication Title

219th Meeting of the AAS- Abstracts

Abstract

Work was presented at 19th Meeting of the AAS, Austin, Texas, January 2012.

Abstract

We combine imaging and spectroscopic data from ISO and Spitzer to measure the molecular content of the Cartwheel's starburst outer ring. Attempts to determine the ring's H2 mass using rotational transitions of 12CO have been so far unsuccessful, despite the expectation of abundant molecular gas in the orbit crowded rings. We use these results to evaluate the ring's molecular fraction and the factors that influence it most. We also revisit the ring's peculiar star formation law and efficiency, and its large scale gravitational stability.

Comments

Copyright belongs to American Astronomical Society

Recommended Citation

Higdon, James L., Sarah J.U. Higdon. 2012. "Molecular Gas In The Cartwheel's "Over-Cooked" Ring." 219th Meeting of the AAS- Abstracts: 234 Austin, Texas: American Astronomical Society.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/physics-facpubs/147