Survey of galactic CO emission toward compact extragalactic millimeter-wave continuum sources

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view Abstract Citations (39) References (13) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Survey of Galactic CO Emission toward Compact Extragalactic Millimeter-Wave Continuum Sources Liszt, Harvey S. ; Wilson, Robert W. Abstract We have searched for galactic CO J = 1-0 line emission toward some 100 known and likely extragalactic millimeter-wave continuum sources culled from the BIMA, NRO, and VLA calibrator source lists. The survey comprises essentially all sources suitable at the epoch of observation for CO absorption studies, and probably more than half of all sources north of -30^deg^ declination which will typically have 3 mm fluxes of order 1 Jy in the future. We saw only 11 lines in nine directions, of which eight of the former and six of the latter had not previously been detected. Observations of additional flat-spectrum sources from the compilation of Wall & Peacock revealed weak CO emission only toward the core of Cyg A. The ^13^CO isotope was measured in six of these directions but on average, lines of sight toward extragalactic millimeter-wave sources are remarkably unmolecular: less than one-third of the CO emission expected on the basis of low-latitude galactic surveys was detected. Apparently, the high-latitude (|b| > 10^deg^) molecular gas is not well-described by the single ~70 pc height determined close to the Galactic plane. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: February 1993 DOI: 10.1086/172236 Bibcode: 1993ApJ...403..663L Keywords: Carbon Monoxide; Continuous Radiation; Emission Spectra; Extragalactic Radio Sources; Millimeter Waves; Sky Surveys (Astronomy); Absorption Spectra; Molecular Clouds; Molecular Gases; Very Large Array (Vla); Astrophysics; ISM: MOLECULES; RADIO LINES: ISM full text sources ADS | data products NED (104) SIMBAD (99)