Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1991. 29:
581-625 Copyright © 1991 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved |
The radial distributions of molecular gas have been measured in over 100 galaxies (see Table 1). In this section, we review azimuthally averaged CO radial distributions in galaxies as a function of morphological type. This discussion refers to observations at 45-60" resolution, typically 1 to 4 kpc.
Galaxy | Type a | Resolution (arcsec) | Reference | |
NGC 55 | Sc | SEST | 44 | Dettmar & Heithausen (1989) |
NGC 224 (M31) | SbI-II | BTL | 100 | Stark (1979) |
OSO | 33 | Boulanger et al (1984) | ||
BTL | 100 | Ryden and Stark (1986) | ||
NRO | 15 | Ichikawa et al (1987) | ||
NRO | 15 | Lada et al (1988) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Vogel et al (1987) | ||
IRAM | 23 | Casoli & Combes (1988) | ||
OSO | 33 | Sandquist et al (1990) | ||
NGC 253 | Sc(s) | NRAO | 67 | Rickard et al (1977) |
FCRAO | 45 | Scoville et al (1985) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Canzian et al (1988) | ||
NGC 404 | SO | IRAM | 14, 22 | Wiklind & Henkel (1990) |
NGC 520 | Merger | OVRO | 5 | Sanders et al (1988a) |
NGC 598 (M33) | Sc(s)II-III | FCRAO | 45 | Young & Scoville (1982c) |
NRAO | 60 | Wilson & Scoville (1989) | ||
OVRO | 6 | Wilson & Scoville (1990) | ||
NGC 891 | Sb on edge | FCRAO | 45 | Solomon (1982) |
NRO | 15 | Sofue et al (1987) | ||
FCRAO | 45 | Young (1987) | ||
NGC 1068 | Sb(rs)11 | FCRAO | 45 | Scoville et al (1983) |
OVRO | 7 | Myers & Scoville (1987) | ||
IRAM | 21 | Planesas et al (1989) | ||
NRO | 15 | Kaneko et al (1989) | ||
OVRO | 3 | Planesas et al (1991) | ||
NGC 1097 | RSBbc(rs)I-II | IRAM | 21 | Gerin et al (1988) |
NGC 1275 | E pec | IRAM | 21 | Lazareff et al (1989) |
NGC 1365 | SBb(s)I | OSO | 33 | Sandquist et al (1988) |
NGC 1569 | SmIV | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1984a) |
NRAO | 60 | Hunter et al (1989) | ||
NGC 2146 | SbII pec | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1986a) |
BIMA | 7 | Jackson & Ho (1988) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Young et al (1988b) | ||
NGC 2403 | Sc(s)III | FCRAO | 45 | Young & Scoville (1982c) |
NGC 2623 | Merger | IRAM | 12 | Casoli et al (1988) |
NGC 2685 | Polar Ring | NRO | 15 | Taniguchi et al (1990) |
NGC 2841 | Sb | FCRAO | 45 | Young & Scoville (1982b) |
NGC 3031 (M81) | Sb | NRAO | 60 | Combes & Gerin (1985) |
IRAM | 22 | Brouillet et al (1990) | ||
NGC 3034 (M82) | Amorphous | NRAO | 67 | Rickard et al (1977) |
FCRAO | 45 | Young & Scoville (1984) | ||
OSO | 33 | Olofsson & Rydbeck (1984) | ||
NRO | 15 | Nakai et al (1987) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Lo et al (1987b) | ||
BIMA | 7 | Carlstrom (1988) | ||
IRAM | 13 | Loiseau et al (1988) | ||
IRAM | 9, 12 | Wild et al (1989) | ||
NRAO | 30 | Philips & Mampaso (1989) | ||
NRAO | 22 | Turner et al (1990) | ||
JCMT | 13 | Tilanus et al (1991) | ||
NGC 3077 | Amorphous | IRAM | 14, 22 | Becker et al (1989) |
NGC 3079 | Sc pec | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1986a) |
OVRO | 7 | Young et al (1988a) | ||
NGC 3147 | Sb(s)I.8 | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1986a) |
NGC 3227 | Sb | BIMA | 3 | Meixner et al (1990) |
NGC 3256 | Irr | CSO | 30 | Sargent et al (1989) |
NGC 3351 | SBb | OVRO, FCRAO | 7,45 | Devereux et al (1991) |
NGC 3593 | Sa pec | NRAO | 60 | Hunter et al (1989) |
NGC 3623 | Sa(s)II | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1983) |
NGC 3267 | Sb(s)II.2 | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1983) |
NGC 3628 | Sbc | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1983) |
NGC 3738 | SdIII | FCRAO | 45 | Tacconi & Young (1985) |
NGC 4038 / 39 | pair | OVRO | 6 | Stanford et al (1990) |
NGC 4214 | I | NRAO | 60 | Thronson et al (1988) |
NGC 4258 | Sb(s)II | NRO | 15 | Sofue et al (1989a) |
IRAM | 22 | Krause et al (1990) | ||
NGC 4418 | SO/Sa | NRO | 15 | Kawara et al (1990) |
NGC 4419 | SBab | FCRAO | 45 | Kenney et al (1990) |
Virgo Cluster | 52 Spirals | FCRAO | 45 | Kenney & Young (1986, 1988 a,b, 1989) |
47 Spirals | BTL | 100 | Stark et al (1986) | |
8 Spirals | OVRO | 6 | Canzian (1990) | |
NGC 4438 | Sb (tides) | IRAM | 21 | Combes et al (1988) |
NGC 4449 | SmIV | FCRAO | 45 | Tacconi & Young (1985) |
NRAO | 60 | Thronson et al (1987) | ||
NRO | 15 | Sasaki et al (1990) | ||
NGC 4472 | E | IRAM | 21 | Huchtmeier et al (1988) |
NGC 4485 / 90 | Pair | NRAO | 60 | Thronson et al (1989a) |
NGC 4565 | Sb | BTL | 100 | Richmond & Knapp (1986) |
NGC 4631 | Sc | NRO | 15 | Sofue et al (1989b) |
NGC 4736 | RSab(s) | FCRAO | 45 | Garman & Young (1986) |
NGC 4945 | Irr | SEST | 43 | Whiteoak et al (1990) |
NGC 5005 | Sb(s)II | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1986a) |
NGC 5055 | Sbc(s)II-III | OSO | 33 | Johansson & Booth (1987) |
NGC 5128 (Cen A) | SO pec | CSO | 30 | Phillips et al (1987) |
SEST | 40 | Israel et al (199O) | ||
NGC 5194 | Sbc(s)I-II | NRAO | 67 | Rickard & Palmer (1981) |
FCRAO | 45 | Scoville & Young (1983) | ||
OSO | 33 | Rydbeck et al (1985) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Lo et al (1987a) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Vogel et al (1988) | ||
IRAM | 12 | Guelin et al (1988) | ||
IRAM | 12 | Garcia-Byrillo & Guelin (1990) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Rand & Kulkarni (1990) | ||
FCRAO | 45 | Lord & Young (199O) | ||
NGC 5195 | SBO pec | FCRAO | 45 | Lord & Young (199O) |
NRAO | 60 | Sage (1989) | ||
NGC 5236 (M83) | SBc(s)II) | NRAO | 67 | Combes et al (1978) |
FCRAO | 45 | Lord (1987) | ||
NRO | 15 | Handa et al (1990) | ||
OVRO | 6 | Kenney & Lord (1991) | ||
SEST | 43, 23 | Wiklind et al (1990) | ||
NGC 5383 | NRO | 15 | Ohta et al (1986) | |
NGC 5457 (M101) | Sc(s)I | NRAO | 67 | Solomon et al (1983) |
NRAO | 60 | Kenney et al (1991) | ||
NGC 6946 | Sc(s)II | NRAO | 67 | Morris & Lo (1978) |
NRAO | 67 | Rickard & Palmer (1981) | ||
FCRAO | 45 | Young & Scoville (1982a) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Ball et al (1985) | ||
FCRAO | 45 | Tacconi & Young (1986, 1989) | ||
IRAM | 21 | Weliachew et al (1988) | ||
NRO | 15 | Sofue et al (1988) | ||
IRAM | 14, 23 | Casoli et al (1990) | ||
NMA | 7 | Ishizuki et al (1990b) | ||
NGC 7331 | Sb(rs)I-II | FCRAO | 45 | Young & Scoville (1982b) |
NGC 7469 | Sab pec | NRAO | 60 | Heckman et al (1986) |
OVRO | 5 | Sanders et al (1989) | ||
BIMA | 3 | Meixner et al (1990) | ||
NGC 7479 | SBbc(s)I-II | FCRAO | 45 | Young et al (1986a) |
Arp 55 | Irr | OVRO | 5 | Sanders et al (1988a) |
Arp 220 | Merger | IRAM | 12 | Casoli et al (1988) |
OVRO | 5 | Scoville et al (1986b) | ||
IRAM | 21 | Solomon et al (1990) | ||
OVRO | 2 | Scoville et al (1991) | ||
IC 10 | Im | NRO | 15 | Ohta et al (1988) |
IRAM | 12 | Becker (1990) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Wilson & Reid (1990) | ||
IC 342 | SAB(rs)cd | NRAO | 67 | Morris & Lo (1978) |
NRAO | 67 | Rickard & Palmer (1981) | ||
FCRAO | 45 | Young & Scoville (1982a) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Lo et al (1984) | ||
NRAO | 20 | Ho et al (1987) | ||
OSO | 33 | Wilkind et al (1987) | ||
NRO | 15 | Hayashi et al (1987) | ||
IRAM | 8 | Maurersberger et al (1990) | ||
CSO | 24 | Wall & Jaffe (1990) | ||
NRO | 3 | Ishizuki et al (1990a) | ||
IC 694 / NGC 3690 | pair | OVRO | 5 | Sargent et al (1987) |
IRAM | 12, 21 | Casoli et al (1989) | ||
OVRO | 2 | Sargent & Scoville (1991) | ||
Maffei II | Sb | NRAO | 67 | Rickard et al (1977) |
IRAM | 21 | Weliachew et al (1988) | ||
NRO | 5 | Ishiguro et al (1989) | ||
OVRO | 7 | Hurt & Turner (1991) | ||
Mrk 231 | Seyfert/QSO | FCRAO | 45 | Sanders et al (1987) |
OVRO | 7 | Scoville et al (1989) | ||
Mrk 297 | Irr | NRO | 15 | Sofue et al (1990) |
Mrk 1014 | Quasar | NRAO | 60 | Sanders et al (1988b) |
VII Zw 31 | FCRAO | 45 | Sage & Solomon (1987) | |
OVRO | 5 | Scoville et al (1989) | ||
I Zw 1 | Quasar | IRAM | 21 | Barvainis et al (1989) |
IRAS 12112+0305 | NRAO | 67 | Mirabel et al (1988a) | |
LMC and SMC | SB(s)m | 120 | Israel et al (1986) | |
530 | Cohen et al (1988) | |||
530 | Rubio et al (1991) | |||
a Galaxy type from Revised Shapley Ames Catalogue (Sandage & Tammann 1981. hereafter RSA). | ||||
b Key for telescopes: BIMA = Berkeley Illinois Maryland Array, BTL = Bell Telephone Laboratories. CSO = Cal tech Submillimeter Observatory, FCRAO = Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory, IRAM = Inst. Radio Astronomie Millimetrique, JCMT = James Clark Maxwell Telescope, NRAO = National Radio Astronomy Observatory. NRO = Nobeyama Radio Observatory, OSO = Onsala Space Observatory, OVRO = Owens Valley Radio Observatory. |