- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/878/44
- Title:
- ^13^CO clumps toward the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/878/44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have conducted a large-field simultaneous survey of ^12^CO, ^13^CO, and C^18^O J=1-0 emission toward the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant (SNR), which covers a sky area of 3.5{deg}x3.1{deg}. The Cas giant molecular cloud (GMC) mainly consists of three individual clouds with masses on the order of 10^4^-10^5^M_{sun}_. The total mass derived from the ^13^CO emission of the GMC is 2.1x10^5^M_{sun}_ and is 9.5x10^5^M_{sun}_ from the ^12^CO emission. Two regions with broadened (6-7km/s) or asymmetric ^12^CO line profiles are found in the vicinity (within a 10'x10' region) of the Cas A SNR, indicating possible interactions between the SNR and the GMC. Using the GAUSSCLUMPS algorithm, 547 ^13^CO clumps are identified in the GMC, 54% of which are supercritical (i.e., {alpha}_vir_<2). The mass spectrum of the molecular clumps follows a power-law distribution with an exponent of -2.20. The pixel-by-pixel column density of the GMC can be fitted with a log-normal probability distribution function (N-PDF). The median column density of molecular hydrogen in the GMC is 1.6x10^21^cm^-2^ and half the mass of the GMC is contained in regions with H_2_ column density lower than 3x10^21^cm^-2^, which is well below the threshold of star formation. The distribution of the YSO candidates in the region shows no agglomeration.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/686/384
- Title:
- ^12^CO, ^13^CO, C^18^O survey of IRDCs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/686/384
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are extinction features against the Galactic infrared background, mainly in the mid-infrared band. Recently they were proposed to be potential sites of massive star formation. In this work we have made a ^12^CO, ^13^CO, and C^18^O (J=1->0) survey of 61 IRDCs, 52 of which are in the first Galactic quadrant, selected from a catalog given by Simon and coworkers (2006, Cat. J/ApJ/639/227), while the others are in the outer Galaxy, selected by visually inspecting the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) images. Detection rates in the three CO lines are 90%, 71%, and 62%, respectively. The distribution of IRDCs in the first Galactic quadrant is consistent with the 5kpc molecular ring picture, while a slight trace of a spiral pattern is also noticeable, and needs to be further examined. The IRDCs have a typical excitation temperature of 10K and typical column density of several 10^22^cm^-2^. Their typical physical size is estimated to be several parsecs using angular sizes from the Simon catalog.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/469/521
- Title:
- CO, C & O gas content of debris discs predictions
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/469/521
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper uses observations of dusty debris discs, including a growing number of gas detections in these systems, to test our understanding of the origin and evolution of this gaseous component. It is assumed that all debris discs with icy planetesimals create second generation CO, C and O gas at some level, and the aim of this paper is to predict that level and assess its observability. We present a new semi-analytical equivalent of the numerical model of Kral et al. (2016MNRAS.461.1614K) allowing application to large numbers of systems. That model assumes CO is produced from volatile-rich solid bodies at a rate that can be predicted from the debris discs fractional luminosity. CO photodissociates rapidly into C and O that then evolve by viscous spreading. This model provides a good qualitative explanation of all current observations, with a few exceptional systems that likely have primordial gas. The radial location of the debris and stellar luminosity explain some non-detections, e.g. close-in debris (like HD 172555) is too warm to retain CO, while high stellar luminosities (like {eta} Tel) result in short CO lifetimes. We list the most promising targets for gas detections, predicting >15 CO detections and >30 CI detections with ALMA, and tens of CII and O I detections with future far-IR missions. We find that CO, CI, CII and OI gas should be modelled in non-LTE for most stars, and that CO, CI and OI lines will be optically thick for the most gas-rich systems. Finally, we find that radiation pressure, which can blow out CI around early-type stars, can be suppressed by self-shielding.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/720/259
- Title:
- CO column densities in dark clouds
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/720/259
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Data from the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory CO Mapping Survey of the Taurus molecular cloud are combined with extinction data for a sample of 292 background field stars to investigate the uptake of CO from the gas to icy grain mantles on dust within the cloud. On the assumption that the reservoir of CO in the ices is represented well by the combined abundances of solid CO and solid CO_2_ (which forms by oxidation of CO on the dust), we find that the total column density (gas+solid) correlates tightly with visual extinction (A_V_) over the range 5mag<A_V_<30mag, i.e., up to the highest extinctions covered by our sample. The mean depletion of gas-phase CO, expressed as {delta}(CO)=N(CO)_ice_/N(CO)_total_, increases monotonically from negligible levels for A_V_<~5 to ~0.3 at A_V_=10 and ~0.6 at A_V_=30. As these results refer to line-of-sight averages, they must be considered lower limits to the actual depletion at loci deep within the cloud, which may approach unity. We show that it is plausible for such high levels of depletion to be reached in dense cores on timescales ~0.6Myr, comparable with their expected lifetimes. Dispersal of cores during star formation may be effective in maintaining observable levels of gaseous CO on the longer timescales estimated for the age of the cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/430/549
- Title:
- C^18^O/C^17^O near rho Oph
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/430/549
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Observations of up to ten carbon monoxide (CO and isotopomers) transitions are presented to study the interstellar C^18^O/C^17^O ratio towards 21 positions in the nearby (d~140pc) low-mass star forming cloud {rho} Oph. A map of the C^18^O J=1-0 distribution of parts of the cloud is also shown.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/891/171
- Title:
- COCONUTS. I. Spectra of a WD and T4 comoving syst.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/891/171
- Date:
- 17 Jan 2022 13:06:37
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first discovery from the COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS) program, a large-scale survey for wide-orbit planetary and substellar companions. We have discovered a comoving system COCONUTS-1, composed of a hydrogen-dominated white dwarf (PSOJ058.9855+45.4184; d=31.5pc) and a T4 companion (PSOJ058.9869+45.4296) at a 40.6" (1280au) projected separation. We derive physical properties for COCONUTS-1B from (1) its near-infrared spectrum using cloudless Sonora atmospheric models, and (2) its luminosity and the white dwarf's age (7.3_-1.6_^+2.8^Gyr) using Sonora evolutionary models. The two methods give consistent temperatures and radii, but atmospheric models infer a lower surface gravity and therefore an unphysically young age. Assuming evolutionary model parameters (T_eff_=1255_-8_^+6^K, logg=5.44_-0.03_^+0.02^dex, R=0.789_-0.005_^+0.011^R_Jup_), we find that cloudless model atmospheres have brighter Y- and J-band fluxes than the data, suggesting that condensate clouds have not fully dispersed around 1300K. The W2 flux (4.6{mu}m) of COCONUTS-1B is fainter than models, suggesting non-equilibrium mixing of CO. To investigate the gravity dependence of the L/T transition, we compile all 60 known L6-T6 benchmarks and derive a homogeneous set of temperatures, surface gravities, and masses. As is well known, young, low-gravity late-L dwarfs have significantly fainter, redder near-infrared photometry and ~200-300K cooler temperatures than old, high-gravity objects. Our sample now reveals such gravity dependence becomes weaker for T dwarfs, with young objects having comparable near-infrared photometry and ~100K cooler temperatures compared to old objects. Finally, we find that young objects have a larger amplitude J-band brightening than old objects, and also brighten at H band as they cross the L/T transition.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/635/A131
- Title:
- 12CO/13CO ratio in 126 nearby galaxy centers
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/635/A131
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present ground-based measurements of 126 nearby galaxy centers in ^12^CO and 92 in ^13^CO in various low-J transitions. More than 60 galaxies were measured in at least four lines. The average relative intensities of the first four J ^12^CO transitions are 1.00:0.92:0.70:0.57. In the first three J transitions, the average ^12^CO-to-^13^CO intensity ratios are 13.0, 11.6, and 12.8, with individual values in any transition ranging from 5 to 25. The sizes of central CO concentrations are well defined in maps, but poorly determined by multi-aperture photometry. On average, the J=1-0 ^12^CO fluxes increase linearly with the size of the observing beam. CO emission covers only a quarter of the HI galaxy disks. Using radiative transfer models (RADEX), we derived model gas parameters. The assumed carbon elemental abundances and carbon gas depletion onto dust are the main causes of uncertainty. The new CO data and published [CI] and [CII] data imply that CO, C, and C^+^ each represent about one-third of the gas-phase carbon in the molecular interstellar medium. The mean beam-averaged molecular hydrogen column density is N(H_2_)=(1.5+/-0.2)10^21^cm^-2^. Galaxy center CO-to- H2 conversion factors are typically ten times lower than the 'standard' Milky Way X disk value, with a mean X(CO)=(1.9+/-0.2)10^19^cm^-2^/(K.km/s) and a dispersion 1.7. The corresponding [CI]-H_2_ factor is five times higher than X(CO), with X[CI]=(9+/-2)10^19^cm^-2^/(K.km/s). No unique conversion factor can be determined for [CII]. The low molecular gas content of galaxy centers relative to their CO intensities is explained in roughly equal parts by high central gas-phase carbon abundances, elevated gas temperatures, and large gas velocity dispersions relative to the corresponding values in galaxy disks.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/219/28
- Title:
- C^18^O/C^17^O ratios in the Galactic center
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/219/28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The ^18^O/^17^O isotopic ratio of oxygen is a crucial measure of the secular enrichment of the interstellar medium by ejecta from high-mass versus intermediate-mass stars. So far, however, there is a lack of data, particularly from the Galactic center (GC) region. Therefore, we have mapped typical molecular clouds in this region in the J=1-0 lines of C^18^O and C^17^O with the Delingha 13.7m telescope (DLH). Complementary pointed observations toward selected positions throughout the GC region were obtained with the IRAM 30m and Mopra 22m telescopes. C^18^O/C^17^O abundance ratios reflecting the ^18^O/^17^O isotope ratios were obtained from integrated intensity ratios of C^18^O and C^17^O. For the first time, C^18^O/C^17^O abundance ratios are determined for Sgr C (V~-58km/s), Sgr D (V~80km/s), and the 1.3{deg} complex (V~80km/s). Through our mapping observations, abundance ratios are also obtained for Sgr A (~0 and ~50km/s component) and Sgr B2 (~60km/s), which are consistent with the results from previous single-point observations. Our frequency-corrected abundance ratios of the GC clouds range from 2.58+/-0.07 (Sgr D, V~80km/s, DLH) to 3.54+/-0.12 (Sgr A, ~50km/s). In addition, strong narrow components (line width less than 5km/s) from the foreground clouds are detected toward Sgr D (-18km/s), the 1.3{deg} complex (-18km/s), and M+5.3-0.3 (22km/s), with a larger abundance ratio around 4.0. Our results show a clear trend of lower C^18^O/C^17^O abundance ratios toward the GC region relative to molecular clouds in the Galactic disk. Furthermore, even inside the GC region, ratios appear not to be uniform. The low GC values are consistent with an inside-out formation scenario for our Galaxy.
3959. C18O cores in Orion A
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/73/487
- Title:
- C18O cores in Orion A
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/73/487
- Date:
- 19 Jan 2022 00:24:20
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have performed an unbiased dense core survey toward the Orion A Giant Molecular Cloud in the C^18^O (J=1-0) emission line taken with the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) 45 m telescope. The effective angular resolution of the map is 26", which corresponds to ~0.05pc at a distance of 414pc. By using the Herschel-Planck H_2_ column density map, we calculate the C^18^O fractional abundance and find that it is roughly constant over the column density range of <~5x10^22^cm^-3^, although a trend of C^18^O depletion is determined toward higher column density. Therefore, C^18^O intensity can follow the cloud structure reasonably well. The mean C^18^O abundance in Orion A is estimated to be 5.7x10^-7^, which is about three times larger than the fiducial value. We identified 746 C^18^O cores with astrodendro and classified 709 cores as starless cores. We compute the core masses by decomposing the Herschel-Planck dust column density using the relative proportions of the C^18^O integrated intensities of line-of-sight components. Applying this procedure, we attempt to remove the contribution of the background emission, i.e., the ambient gas outside the cores. Then, we derived mass function for starless cores and found that it resembles the stellar initial mass function (IMF). The CMF for starless cores, dN/dM, is fitted with a power-law relation of M^{alpha}^ with a power index of {alpha}=-2.25+/-0.16 at the high-mass slope (>~0.44M_{sun}_). We also found that the ratio of each core mass to the total mass integrated along the line of sight is significantly large. Therefore, in the previous studies, the core masses derived from the dust image are likely to be overestimated by at least a factor of a few. Accordingly, such previous studies may underestimate the star formation efficiency of individual cores.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/732/101
- Title:
- C^18^O cores in the S140 cloud
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/732/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of C^18^O(J=1-0) mapping observations of a 20'x18' area in the Lynds 1204 molecular cloud associated with the Sharpless 2-140 (S140) HII region. The C^18^O cube ({alpha}-{delta}-{nu}_LSR_) data show that there are three clumps of sizes ~1pc in the region. Two of these have peculiar redshifted velocity components at their edges, which can be interpreted as the results of the interaction between the cloud and the Cepheus Bubble. From the C^18^O cube data, clumpfind identified 123 C^18^O cores, which have mean radius, velocity width in FWHM, and LTE mass of 0.36+/-0.07pc, 0.37+/-0.09km/s, and 41+/-29M_{sun}_, respectively. Considering the uncertainty in the C^18^O abundance, all the cores in S140 are most likely to be gravitationally bound. We derived a C^18^O core mass function (CMF), which shows a power-law-like behavior above a turnover at 30M_{sun}_.
