Chemical Complexity in Extragalactic Nuclei: ARP 220, NGC 253 and NGC 4945 surveys with the APEX telescope

M.A. Requena-Torres; R. Güsten; J. Martín-Pintado; S. Martín; R. Aladro; A. Weiss; S. Heyminck; B. Klein

doi:10.1051/eas/1152056

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Volume 52 (2011)

EAS Publications Series, 52 (2011) 299-300

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 52, 2011 Conditions and Impact of Star Formation


Page(s)		299 - 300
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1152056
Published online		25 November 2011

Conditions and Impact of Star Formation
M. Röllig, R. Simon, V. Ossenkopf and J. Stutzki (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 52 (2011) 299-300

Chemical Complexity in Extragalactic Nuclei: ARP 220, NGC 253 and NGC 4945 surveys with the APEX telescope

M.A. Requena-Torres¹, R. Güsten¹, J. Martín-Pintado², S. Martín³, R. Aladro⁴, A. Weiss¹, S. Heyminck¹ and B. Klein¹

¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
² Centro de AstroBiología, INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
³ European Southern Observatory, Santiago de Chile, Chile
⁴ Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique, Granada, Spain

Abstract

Spectral surveys provide the only way to determine the full molecular inventory of a source and hence to build a comprehensive view of the state of the molecular gas and its role in the star formation process. Systematic studies have opened the possibility of using chemistry as a diagnostic tool for star burst and AGN activities in the highly obscured galactic nuclear regions.