AN INFRARED-LUMINOUS MERGER WITH TWO BIPOLAR MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS: ALMA AND SMA OBSERVATIONS OF NGC3256

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 797; no. 2; pp. 1 - 28
• Main Authors: Sakamoto, Kazushi, Aalto, Susanne, Combes, Francoise, Evans, Aaron, Peck, Alison
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Arrays; Consumption; Disks; Evolution; Galactic structure; galaxies: active; galaxies: individual (NGC 3256); galaxies: interactions; galaxies: ISM; ISM: jets and outflows; Nuclei; Outflow; Radio telescopes

We report Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array and Submillimeter Array observations of the infrared-luminous merger NGC3256, the most luminous galaxy within z = 0.01. The northern nucleus is more massive and is surrounded by molecular spiral arms. Its nuclear disk is face-on, while the sout...