- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/593/A118
- Title:
- HCN(1-0) cube for the nucleus of M51
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/593/A118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- AGN feedback is invoked as one of the most relevant mechanisms that shape the evolution of galaxies. Our goal is to understand the interplay between AGN feedback and the interstellar medium in M51, a nearby spiral galaxy with a modest AGN and a kpc-scale radio jet expanding through the disc of the galaxy. For that, we combine molecular gas observations in the CO(1-0) and HCN(1-0) lines from the Plateau de Bure interferometer with archival radio, X-ray, and optical data. We show that there is a significant scarcity of CO emission in the ionisation cone, while molecular gas emission tends to accumulate towards the edges of the cone. The distribution and kinematics of CO and HCN line emission reveal AGN feedback effects out to r~500pc, covering the whole extent of the radio jet, with complex kinematics in the molecular gas which displays strong local variations. We propose that this is the result of the almost coplanar jet pushing on molecular gas in different directions as it expands; the effects are more pronounced in HCN than in CO emission, probably as the result of radiative shocks. Following previous interpretation of the redshifted molecular line in the central 5" as caused by a molecular outflow, we estimate the outflow rates to be Mdot_H2~0.9M_{sun}_/yr and dM/dt_dense_~0.6M_{sun}_/yr, which are comparable to the molecular inflow rates (~1M_{sun}_/yr); gas inflow and AGN feedback could be mutually regulated processes. The agreement with findings in other nearby radio galaxies suggests that this is not an isolated case, and probably the paradigm of AGN feedback through radio jets, at least for galaxies hosting low-luminosity active nuclei.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/903/111
- Title:
- HCN, HNC, H13CN & HC3N of Galactic Center map. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/903/111
- Date:
- 15 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report a statistical analysis exploring the origin of the overall low star formation efficiency (SFE) of the Galactic central molecular zone (CMZ) and the SFE diversity among the CMZ clouds using a wide-field HCN J=4-3 map, whose optically thin critical density (~10^7^/cm^3^) is the highest among the tracers ever used in CMZ surveys. Logistic regression is performed to empirically formulate star formation probability of 195 HCN clumps, 13 of which contain star formation signatures. The explanatory parameters in the best-fit model are reduced into the virial parameter {alpha}_vir_ without significant contribution from other parameters, whereas the performance of the model without {alpha}_vir_ is no better than that using randomly generated data. The threshold {alpha}_vir_ is 6, which translates into a volume density (n_H_2__) of 10^4.6^/cm^3^ with the n_H_2__-{alpha}_vir_ correlation. The scarcity of the low-{alpha}_vir_ clumps, whose fraction to all HCN clumps is 0.1, can be considered as one of the immediate causes of the suppressed SFE. No correlation between the clump size or mass and star formation probability is found, implying that HCN J= 4-3 does not immediately trace the mass of star-forming gas above a threshold density. Meanwhile, star-forming and non-star-forming clouds are degenerate in the physical parameters of the CS J=1-0 clouds, highlighting the efficacy of the HCN J=4-3 line to probe star-forming regions in the CMZ. The timescale of the high-{alpha}_vir_ to low-{alpha}_vir_ transition is <~2Myr, which is consistent with the tidal compression and X1/X2 orbit transition models but possibly does not fit the cloud-cloud collision picture.
233. HC_3_N in Orion KL
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/559/A51
- Title:
- HC_3_N in Orion KL
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/559/A51
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of cyanoacetylene (HC_3_N) and cyanodiacetylene (HC_5_N) in Orion KL, using observations from two line surveys performed with the IRAM 30-m telescope and the HIFI instrument onboard the Herschel telescope. The frequency ranges covered are 80-280GHz and 480-1906GHz. This study (divided by families of molecules) is part of a global analysis of the physical conditions of Orion KL and the molecular abundances in the different components of this cloud. We modeled the observed lines of HC_3_N, HC_5_N, their isotopologues (including DC_3_N), and vibrational modes using a non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) radiative transfer code. In addition, to investigate the chemical origin of HC_3_N and DC_3_N in Orion KL, we used a time-dependent chemical model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/652/1230
- Title:
- H_2_CO absorption toward Galactic anticenter
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/652/1230
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have carried out a blind search in the general direction of the Galactic anticenter for absorption of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation near 4.83GHz by molecular clouds containing gaseous ortho-formaldehyde (H_2_CO). The observations were done using the 25m radio telescope at Onsala in Sweden and covered strips in Galactic latitude, 1{deg}<=b<=+1{deg}, at several longitudes in the region 170{deg}<=l<=190{deg}. Spectra were obtained in these strips with a grid spacing corresponding to the telescope resolution of 10'. We have detected H_2_CO CMB absorption at 10% of the survey pointings.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/551/A28
- Title:
- H2CO and CO in 4 molecular clouds
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/551/A28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We seek to understand how the 4.8GHz formaldehyde absorption line is distributed in the MON R2, S156, DR17/L906, and M17/M18 regions. More specifically, we look for the relationship among the H_2_CO, ^12^CO, and ^13^CO spectral lines. The four regions of MON R2 (60'x90'), S156 (50'x70'), DR17/L906 (40'x60'), and M17/M18 (70'x80') were observed for H_2_CO (beam 10'), H110{alpha} recombination (beam 10'), 6 cm continuum (beam 10'), ^12^CO (beam 1'), and ^13^CO (beam 1'). We compared the H_2_CO, ^12^CO, ^13^CO, and continuum distributions, and also the spectra line parameters of H_2_CO, ^12^CO, and ^13^CO. Column densities of H_2_CO, ^13^CO, and H_2_ were also estimated. We found out that the H_2_CO distribution is similar to the ^12^CO and the ^13^CO distributions on a large scale. The correlation between the ^13^CO and the H_2_CO distributions is better than between the ^12^CO and H_2_CO distributions. The H_2_CO and the ^13^CO tracers systematically provide consistent views of the dense regions. Their maps have similar shapes, sizes, peak positions, and molecular spectra and present similar central velocities and line widths. Such good agreement indicates that the H_2_CO and the ^13^CO arise from similar regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/819/143
- Title:
- HCO+ and N2D+ dense cores in Perseus
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/819/143
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of an HCO^+^ (3-2) and N_2_D^+^ (3-2) molecular line survey performed toward 91 dense cores in the Perseus molecular cloud using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, to identify the fraction of starless and protostellar cores with systematic radial motions. We quantify the HCO^+^ asymmetry using a dimensionless asymmetry parameter {delta}_v_, and identify 20 cores with significant blue or red line asymmetries in optically thick emission indicative of collapsing or expanding motions, respectively. We separately fit the HCO^+^ profiles with an analytic collapse model and determine contraction (expansion) speeds toward 22 cores. Comparing the {delta}_v_ and collapse model results, we find that {delta}_v_ is a good tracer of core contraction if the optically thin emission is aligned with the model-derived systemic velocity. The contraction speeds range from subsonic (0.03km/s) to supersonic (0.40km/s), where the supersonic contraction speeds may trace global rather than local core contraction. Most cores have contraction speeds significantly less than their free-fall speeds. Only 7 of 28 starless cores have spectra well-fit by the collapse model, which more than doubles (15 of 28) for protostellar cores. Starless cores with masses greater than the Jeans mass (M/M_J_>1) are somewhat more likely to show contraction motions. We find no trend of optically thin non-thermal line width with M/M_J_, suggesting that any undetected contraction motions are small and subsonic. Most starless cores in Perseus are either not in a state of collapse or expansion, or are in a very early stage of collapse.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/874/172
- Title:
- H_2_CO & H110{alpha} obs. toward Aquila
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/874/172
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The formaldehyde H_2_CO(1_10_-1_11_) absorption line and H110{alpha} radio recombination line have been observed toward the Aquila Molecular Cloud using the Nanshan 25m telescope operated by the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory CAS. These first observations of the H_2_CO (1_10_-1_11_) absorption line determine the extent of the molecular regions that are affected by the ongoing star formation in the Aquila molecular complex and show some of the dynamic properties. The distribution of the excitation temperature Tex for H_2_CO identifies the two known star formation regions W40 and Serpens South as well as a smaller new region Serpens 3. The intensity and velocity distributions of H_2_CO and ^13^CO(1-0) do not agree well with each other, which confirms that the H_2_CO absorption structure is mostly determined by the excitation of the molecules resulting from the star formation rather than by the availability of molecular material as represented by the distribution. Some velocity-coherent linear ^13^CO(1-0) structures have been identified in velocity channel maps of H2CO and it is found that the three star formation regions lie on the intersect points of filaments. The H110{alpha} emission is found only at the location of the W40 HII region and spectral profile indicates a redshifted spherical outflow structure in the outskirts of the HII region. Sensitive mapping of H_2_CO absorption of the Aquila Complex has correctly identified the locations of star formation activity in complex molecular clouds and the spectral profiles reveal the dominant velocity components and may identify the presence of outflows.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/532/A32
- Title:
- HCOOCH3 map of Orion-KL
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/532/A32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Orion Kleinmann-Low nebula (Orion-KL) is a complex region of star formation. Whereas its proximity allows studies on a scale of a few hundred AU, spectral confusion makes it difficult to identify molecules with low abundances. We studied an important oxygenated molecule, HCOOCH3, to characterize the physical conditions, temperature, and density of the different molecular source components.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/877/154
- Title:
- H_2_CO TMRT obs. of Galactic molecular clouds
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/877/154
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations of the C-band 1_10_-1_11_ (4.8GHz) and Ku-band 2_11_-2_12_ (14.5GHz) K-doublet lines of H_2_CO and the C-band 1_10_-1_11_ (4.6GHz) line of H_2_^13^CO toward a large sample of Galactic molecular clouds, through the Shanghai Tianma 65m radio telescope (TMRT). Our sample with 112 sources includes strong H_2_CO sources from the TMRT molecular line survey at C-band and other known H_2_CO sources. All three lines are detected toward 38 objects (43 radial velocity components) yielding a detection rate of 34%. Complementary observations of their continuum emission at both C- and Ku-bands were performed. Combining spectral line parameters and continuum data, we calculate the column densities, the optical depths and the isotope ratio H_2_^12^CO/H_2_^13^CO for each source. To evaluate photon trapping caused by sometimes significant opacities in the main isotopologue's rotational mm-wave lines connecting our measured K-doublets, and to obtain ^12^C/^13^C abundance ratios, we used the RADEX non-LTE model accounting for radiative transfer effects. This implied the use of the new collision rates from Wiesenfeld & Faure. Also implementing distance values from trigonometric parallax measurements for our sources, we obtain a linear fit of ^12^C/^13^C=(5.08+/-1.10)D_GC_+(11.86+/-6.60), with a correlation coefficient of 0.58. D_GC_ refers to Galactocentric distances. Our ^12^C/^13^C ratios agree very well with the ones deduced from CN and C^18^O but are lower than those previously reported on the basis of H_2_CO, tending to suggest that the bulk of the H_2_CO in our sources was formed on dust grain mantles and not in the gas phase.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/646/L1
- Title:
- HDCCN discovery in space and in laboratory
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/646/L1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Observations of TMC-1 with the Yebes 40m radio telescope in the 31.0-50.3GHz range allowed the detection of a group of unidentified lines, showing a complex line pattern indicative of an open-shell species. The observed frequencies of these lines and the similarity of the spectral pattern with that of the 2_02_-1_01_ rotational transition of H_2_CCN point to that the lines arise from the deuterated cyanomethyl radical, HDCCN. Using Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy experiments combined with electric discharges we have succeeded in producing the radical HDCCN in the laboratory and observed its 1_01_-0_00_ and 2_02_-1_01_ rotational transitions. From our observations and assuming a rotational temperature of 5K, we derive an abundance ratio H_2_CCN/HDCCN=20. The high abundance of the deuterated form of H_2_CCN is well accounted for by a standard gas-phase model where deuteration is driven by deuteron transfer from the H_2_D+ molecular ion.
