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A Search for Molecular Gas in GHz-peaked Spectrum Radio Sources

Christopher P. O'Dea et al 2005 The Astronomical Journal 129 610-614   doi: 10.1086/427133  Help

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Christopher P. O'Dea1, Jack Gallimore2, Carlo Stanghellini3, Stefi A. Baum4 and James M. Jackson5
1 Department of Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
2 Department of Physics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837
3 Istituto di Radioastronomia del CNR, C.P. 141, I-96017 Noto SR, Italy
4 Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
5 Department of Astronomy, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
E-mail: odea@cis.rit.edu, jgallimo@bucknell.edu, carlo@ira.noto.cnr.it, baum@cis.rit.edu and jackson@fish.bu.edu

ABSTRACT. We present searches for molecular gas (CO, OH, CS, and NH3) in six gigahertz-peaked spectrum (GPS) radio sources. We do not detect gas in any source and place upper limits on the mass of molecular gas that are generally in the range from ~109 to a few times 1010 Modot. These limits are consistent with the following interpretations: (1) GPS sources do not require very dense gas in their hosts, and (2) the GPS sources are unlikely to be confined by dense gas and will evolve to become larger radio sources.

Key words: galaxies: active; galaxies: ISM; radio lines: galaxies

Print publication: Issue 2 (2005 February)
Received 2004 August 17, accepted for publication 2004 October 26

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