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大マゼラン銀河のミリ波・サブミリ波及び赤外線全面探査による銀河進化の観測的研究

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18684003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Astronomy
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

大西 利和  Nagoya University, 大学院・理学研究科, 准教授 (30314058)

Project Period (FY) 2006 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥28,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥21,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,570,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥16,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,870,000)
Keywords星形成 / 電波天文学 / 赤外線天文学 / 大マゼラン雲
Research Abstract

1.NANTEN,ASTE,SEST,MOPRA等の望遠鏡から得られたミリ波・サブミリ波データを解析し、回転遷移の異なるスペクトル(^<12>CO(1-0,3-2,4-3),^<13>CO(1-0,3-2)等)を比較することにより、分子雲の詳細な物理量を決定した。その結果、次のことが明らかになった:1.巨大星団形成の元となる分子雲ガス塊(十万太陽質量程度)を見つけた。2.大質量星形成を伴う分子雲はそうでない分子雲と比較して、高温・高密度(〜100K,〜10^4cm^<-3>)であり、大質量星形成には密度の高まりが必要性である。3.Hα強度と分子ガスの温度の間に良い正の相関が見られる(Minamidani et al.)。4.星形成に密接に関連する高密度分子ガスをトレースするためには、J=3-2以上のCOの高励起線と^<13>CO等の光学的に薄いスペクトルの観測がきわめて重要である(Y. Mizuno et al.投稿中)。また、NANTEN2によるサブミリ波観測では、N159領域で^<13>CO(4-3),[CI](^3P_2-^3P_1)を初検出し、検出したスペクトルの相互比較から、炭素原子とCOの存在比がほぼ1と、銀河系の大質量星形成領域と比較して、非常に高いことが明らかになった。これは、FUVが分子雲の奥深くまで到達していることを示唆している(Pineda et al.)。
2.NANTEN2を用いて、CO(2-1)スペクトルによるLMC,SMCの広域分子雲探査観測を開始した。LMCのMolecular Ridge領域等の観測を終了し、CO(2-1)/CO(1-0)が星形成の活発さのよい指標であることが観測的に明らかになってきている。同スペクトルによる全面探査の道筋をつけることができた。

Report

(2 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (45 results)

All 2009 2008 2007 2006

All Journal Article (39 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 17 results) Presentation (5 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Molecular Clouds towards RCW49 and Westerlund 2 ; Evidence for Cluster Formation Triggered by Cloud-Cloud Collision2009

    • Author(s)
      N.Furukawa
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal Letters 696

      Pages: 115-119

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Molecular and Atomic Gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud-I. Conditions for CO detection2009

    • Author(s)
      T.Wong
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal 696

      Pages: 370-384

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An observational study of GMCs in the Magellanic Clouds with the ASTE telescope2009

    • Author(s)
      T.Minamidani
    • Journal Title

      The Magellanic System : Stars, Gas, and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium 256

      Pages: 256-260

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Early results from the SAGE-SMC Spitzer legacy2009

    • Author(s)
      K.Gordon
    • Journal Title

      The Magellanic System : Stars, Gas, and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium 256

      Pages: 184-188

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic System by NANTEN2009

    • Author(s)
      A.Kawamura
    • Journal Title

      Globular Clusters-Guides to Galaxies, Eso Astrophysics Symposia, Springer Berlin Heidelber

      Pages: 121-121

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Catalogue of 12CO(J=1-0) and 13CO(J=1-0) Molecular Clouds in the Carina Flare Supershell2008

    • Author(s)
      J.R.Dawson
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 60

      Pages: 1297-1315

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Large Magellanic Cloud's Largest Molecular Cloud Complex : Spitzer Analysis of Embedded Star Formation2008

    • Author(s)
      R.Indebetouw
    • Journal Title

      Astronomical Journal 136

      Pages: 1442-1454

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ground-based millimeter-wave observations of water vapor emission (183 GHz) at Atacama, Chile2008

    • Author(s)
      T.Kuwahara
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Space Research 42

      Pages: 1167-1171

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Second Survey of the Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud by NANTEN. I. Catalog of Molecular Clouds2008

    • Author(s)
      Y.Fukui
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 178

      Pages: 56-70

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (sage). IV. Dust Properties in the Interstellar Medium2008

    • Author(s)
      J.P.Bernard
    • Journal Title

      Astronomical Journal 136

      Pages: 919-945

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Aligned Molecular Clouds towards SS 433 and L=348.5 deg : Possible Evidence for a Galactic "Vapor Trail" Created by a Relativistic Jet2008

    • Author(s)
      H.Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 60

      Pages: 715-729

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Spitzer Sage Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, III. Star Formation and 〜1000 New Candidate Young Stellar Objects2008

    • Author(s)
      B.A.Whitney
    • Journal Title

      Astronomical Journal 136

      Pages: 18-43

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The 'Carina Flare' supershell : probing the atomic and molecular ISM in a Galactic chimney2008

    • Author(s)
      J.R.Dawson
    • Journal Title

      Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 387

      Pages: 31-44

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Submillimeter Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud : Temperature and Density as Determined from J=3-2 and J=1-0 Transitions of CO2008

    • Author(s)
      T.Minamidani
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 175

      Pages: 485-508

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Submillimeter line emission from LMC N159W : a dense, clumpy PDR in a low metallicity environment2008

    • Author(s)
      H.J.Pineda
    • Journal Title

      Astronomy and Astrophysics 482

      Pages: 197-208

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Probing the Galactic cosmic ray flux with submillimeter and gamma ray data2008

    • Author(s)
      S.Casanova
    • Journal Title

      HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY : Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. AIP Conference Proceedings 1085

      Pages: 389-392

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the star forming environment in nearby galaxies2008

    • Author(s)
      I.Sakon
    • Journal Title

      Organic Matter in Space, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium 251

      Pages: 241-246

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ^<12>CO 4-3 and [CI] 1-0 at the centers of NGC 4945 and Circinus2008

    • Author(s)
      M.Hitschfeld
    • Journal Title

      Astronomy and Astrophysics 479・1

      Pages: 75-82

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Clumpy photon-dominated regions in Carina. I. [C I] and mid-J CO lines in two 4'×4' fields2008

    • Author(s)
      C.Kramer
    • Journal Title

      Astronomy and Astrophysics 477・1

      Pages: 547-555

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An Observational Perspective of Low-Mass Dense Cores II : Evolution Toward the Initial Mass Function2008

    • Author(s)
      D.Ward-Thompson
    • Journal Title

      Protostars and Planets V

      Pages: 33-46

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Molecular Clouds Possibly Associated with the Jets from a Compact Star of L =348.5 degrees and SS433 ; "Galactic vapor trail" as a probe of black hole candidates2008

    • Author(s)
      S.Ito
    • Journal Title

      ASTROPHYSICS OF COMPACT OBJECTS : International Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects. AIP Conference Proceedings 968

      Pages: 334-336

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] New Views of Molecular Gas Distribution and Star Formation of the Southern Sky with NANTEN2008

    • Author(s)
      T.Onishi
    • Journal Title

      Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings

      Pages: 11-18

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds2008

    • Author(s)
      A.Kawamura
    • Journal Title

      Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings.

      Pages: 343-343

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ASTE Submillimeter Observations of a Young Stellar Object Condensation in Cederblad 1102007

    • Author(s)
      M.Hiramatsu
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal 664・2

      Pages: 964-974

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Gas and Dust Condensations and a Peculiar Class 0 Object in the Lupus 3 Star-Forming Cloud2007

    • Author(s)
      K.Tachihara
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal 659・2

      Pages: 1382-1393

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Molecular loops in the Galactic centre ; evidence for magnetic floatation accelerating molecular gas2007

    • Author(s)
      H.Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 501-501

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Large-scale CO observations of a far-infrared loop in Pegasus ; detection of a large number of very small molecular clouds possibly formed via shocks2007

    • Author(s)
      H.Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 500-500

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Dense core evolutions induced by shock triggering and turbulent dissipation2007

    • Author(s)
      K.Tachihara
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 478-478

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Submillimeter-wave observations of outflow and envelope around the low mass protostar IRAS 13036-76442007

    • Author(s)
      K.Kamegai
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 432-432

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ASTE Submillimeter observations of a YSO condensation in Cederblad 1102007

    • Author(s)
      M.Hiramatsu
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 426-426

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Evidence for triggered star formation in the Carina Flare supershell2007

    • Author(s)
      J.Dawson
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 406-406

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] NANTEN observations of triggered star formation : from H II regions to galaxy collisions2007

    • Author(s)
      N.Mizuno
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 128-131

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Giant molecular clouds and star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud2007

    • Author(s)
      A.Kawamura
    • Journal Title

      Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, IAU Symposium #237 237

      Pages: 101-105

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] An Observational Perspective of Low-Mass Dense Cores II : Evolution Toward the Initial Mass Function2007

    • Author(s)
      Ward-Thompson, D.
    • Journal Title

      Protostars and Planets V

      Pages: 33-46

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud : Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE). I. Overview and Initial Results2006

    • Author(s)
      Meixner, M.
    • Journal Title

      Astronomical Journal 132

      Pages: 2268-2288

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Spitzer SAGE Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Evolved Stars and Infrared Color-Magnitude Diagrams2006

    • Author(s)
      Blum, R. D.
    • Journal Title

      Astronomical Journal 132

      Pages: 2034-2045

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Properties of the Mid- to Far-Infrared Emission in the Large Magellanic Cloud2006

    • Author(s)
      Sakon, I
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal 651

      Pages: 174-189

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Molecular Loops in the Galactic Center : Evidence for Magnetic Flotation2006

    • Author(s)
      Fukui, Y
    • Journal Title

      Science 314

      Pages: 106-109

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Detection of Molecular Clouds in the Magellanic Bridge : Candidate Star Formation Sites in a Nearby Low-Metallicity System2006

    • Author(s)
      Mizuno, N.
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal 643

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] N159大規模星団形成領域における分子ガスの性質2009

    • Author(s)
      大西利和
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2009年春季年会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪府立大学
    • Year and Date
      2009-03-26
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] NANTEN2プロジェクトの進捗状況2008

    • Author(s)
      大西利和
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2008年秋期年会
    • Place of Presentation
      岡山理科大学
    • Year and Date
      2008-09-12
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] NANTEN2 : サブミリ波観測の初期成果22008

    • Author(s)
      大西利和
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2008年春季年会
    • Place of Presentation
      国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター
    • Year and Date
      2008-03-24
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Star formation activity and ISM properties in the Magellanic Clouds2007

    • Author(s)
      T.Onishi
    • Organizer
      Far-Infrared and Submillimeter Emission of the Interstellar Medium : Models meet extragalactic and Galactic Observations
    • Place of Presentation
      the Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2007-11-06
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] NANTEN2 project : CO and CI Survey of the Local Group2007

    • Author(s)
      T.Onishi
    • Organizer
      Galaxies in the Local Volume
    • Place of Presentation
      Sydney, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2007-07-11
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] MAシリーズ現代の天文学・第6巻 「星間物質と星形成」2008

    • Author(s)
      福井康雄, 犬塚修一郎, 大西利和, 中井直正, 舞原俊憲、水野亮, 編
    • Total Pages
      313
    • Publisher
      日本評論社
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report

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