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The MALATANG survey: Dense gas distribution on sub-kiloparsec scales across the disk of M82
Jian-Fa Wang, Yu Gao, Xue-Jian Jiang, Li Ji, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Jun-Zhi Wang, Jun-Feng Wang, R. Thomas Greve, Yan Jiang, Ashley Bemis, Elias Brinks, Aeree Chung, J. Malcolm Currie, Richard de Grijs, Taotao Fang, C. Luis Ho, Bumhyun Lee, Satoki Matsushita, Micha{\l} Micha{\l}owski, Soojong Pak, Panomporn Poojon, G. Mark Rawlings, Amelie Saintonge, Yi-Chen Sun, Jing Zhou

The MALATANG survey: Dense gas distribution on sub-kiloparsec scales across the disk of M82
We present observations of HCN J=4-3 and HCO^+ J=4-3 lines obtained with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope as part of the MALATANG survey, combined with archival HCN J=1-0 and HCO^+ J=1-0 data from the Green Bank Telescope, to study the spatial distribution and excitation conditions of dense molecular gas in the disk of M82. We detect HCN J=4-3 and HCO^+ J=4-3 emission within the central region (< 500 pc) of the galaxy, while the J=1-0 emission lines exhibit a more extended spatial distribution…