CO Emission in the Radio-loud Quasar 3C 48 | Zendy

N. Z. Scoville | Zendy; S. Padin | Zendy; D. B. Sanders | Zendy; B. T. Soifer | Zendy; Min S. Yun | Zendy

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CO Emission in the Radio-loud Quasar 3C 48

Author(s) -

N. Z. Scoville,

S. Padin,

D. B. Sanders,

B. T. Soifer,

Min S. Yun

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376

H-Index - 489

eISSN - 1538-4357

pISSN - 0004-637X

DOI - 10.1086/187036

Subject(s) - physics , quasar , astrophysics , astronomy , ovv quasar , emission spectrum , radio galaxy , x shaped radio galaxy , spectral line , galaxy

We have used the Owens Valley Millimeter Array to conduct a sensitive search for CO (1→0) emission in the radio-loud quasar 3C 48. An emission feature is detected (4 σ) at the redshift of the narrow optical emission lines (z=0.3695). The width of this feature is ∼250 km s -1 (FWHM) similar to that expected for a galactic disk, and the integrated CO line flux implies an H 2 mass of 7×10 10 M ○. (assuming the same CO to H 2 conversion factor found for giant molecular clouds in the Milky Way)

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