Extended HCN and HCO${}^{+}$ emission in the starburst galaxy M82

Abstract

We mapped 3 mm continuum and line emission from the starburst galaxy M82 using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy. We targeted the HCN, HCO${}^{+}$, HNC, CS and HC${}_3$N lines, but here we focus on the HCN and HCO${}^{+}$ emission. The map covers a field of 1.2' with a ~5" resolution. The HCN and HCO${}^{+}$ observations are combined with single dish images. The molecular gas in M82 had been previously found to be distributed in a molecular disk, coincident with the central starburst, and a galactic scale outflow which originates in the central starburst. With the new short spacings-corrected maps we derive some of the properties of the dense molecular gas in the base of the outflow. From the HCN and HCO${}^{+}$ J=(1-0) line emission, and under the assumptions of the gas being optically thin and in local thermodynamic equilibrium, we place lower limits to the amount of dense molecular gas in the base of the outflow. The lower limits are $7\times 10^6$ $M_{\odot }$ and $21\times 10^6$ $M_{\odot }$, or $\gtrsim 2\%$ of the total molecular mass in the outflow. The kinematics and spatial distribution of the dense gas outside the central starburst suggests that it is being expelled through chimneys. Assuming a constant outflow velocity, the derived outflow rate of dense molecular gas is $\ge 0.3$ $M_{\odot }$ yr${}^{-1}$, which would lower the starburst lifetime by $\ge 5\%$. The energy required to expel this mass of dense gas is $(1-10)\times 10^{52}$ erg.

arXiv comment10 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in the ApJ

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