- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/628/A72
- Title:
- C_2_O and C_3_O in low-mass star-forming regions
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/628/A72
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- C_2_O and C_3_O belong to the carbon chain oxides family. Both molecules have been detected in the gas phase towards several star-forming regions, and to explain the observed abundances, ion-molecule gas-phase reactions have been invoked. On the other hand, laboratory experiments have shown that carbon chain oxides are formed after energetic processing of CO-rich solid mixtures. Therefore, it has been proposed that they are formed in the solid phase in dense molecular clouds after cosmic ion irradiation of CO-rich icy grain mantles and released in the gas phase after their desorption. In this work, we contribute to the understanding of the role of both gas-phase reactions and energetic processing in the formation of simple carbon chain oxides that have been searched for in various low-mass star-forming regions. We present observations obtained with the Noto-32m and IRAM-30m telescopes towards star-forming regions. We compare these with the results of a gas-phase model that simulates C_2_O and C_3_O formation and destruction, and laboratory experiments in which both molecules are produced after energetic processing (with 200 keV protons) of icy grain mantle analogues. New detections of both molecules towards L1544, L1498, and Elias 18 are reported. The adopted gas phase model is not able to reproduce the observed C_2_O/C_3_O ratios, while laboratory experiments show that the ion bombardment of CO-rich mixtures produces C_2_O/C_3_O ratios that agree with the observed values. Based on the results obtained here, we conclude that the synthesis of both species is due to the energetic processing of CO-rich icy grain mantles. Their subsequent desorption because of non-thermal processes allows the detection in the gas-phase of young star-forming regions. In more evolved objects, the non-detection of both C_2_O and C_3_O is due to their fast destruction in the warm gas.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/897/74
- Title:
- Cold & molecular clumps and YSOs within G15.684-0.29
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/897/74
- Date:
- 11 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The bubble G15.684-0.29 has a radius of 15.7pc. Its large size indicates that it may have enough time to trigger star formation. We identify 39 dense cold clumps around the bubble from the HI-GAL survey. All of them satisfy the criteria for forming massive stars, and most of them lie in the bubble shell. We identify 19 molecular clumps around the bubble from the 12CO(3-2) survey, all of which are gravitationally bound. We found 9 Class I YSOs, 28 Class II YSOs, and 12 transition disks (TDs) around the bubble. For those young stellar objects (YSOs) located within the bubble boundary, 6 of 7 Class I YSOs lie in the shell, 15 of 22 Class II YSOs lie inside the bubble, and 3 of 5 TDs lie inside the bubble. The dynamical age of G15.684-0.29 in a turbulent medium is ~4Myr, which is much greater than the shell fragmentation time, ~0.82-1.74Myr. We suggest that triggered star formation may be ongoing in the shell of the bubble, and the collect and collapse model may work here. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that the radiation-driven implosion model may work on the formation of some YSOs. As we expected, the larger bubble has a much longer dynamical age, but we failed to find a clear age gradient for YSOs around the bubble.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/610/A27
- Title:
- Compact radio sources in NGC 6334D to F
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/610/A27
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The presence and properties of compact radio sources embedded in massive star forming regions can reveal important physical properties about these regions and the processes occurring within them. The NGC 6334 complex, a massive star forming region, has been studied extensively. Nevertheless, none of these studies has focused in its content in compact radio sources. Aims. Our goal here is to report on a systematic census of the compact radio sources toward NGC 6334, and their characteristics. This will be used to attempt to define their very nature. We used the VLA C band (4-8GHz) archive data with 0.36" (500AU) of spatial resolution and noise level of 50Jy/bm to carry out a systematic search for compact radio sources within NGC 6334. We also searched for infrared counterparts to provide some constraints on the nature of the detected radio sources. A total of 83 compact sources and three slightly resolved sources were detected. Most of them are here reported for the first time. We found that 29 of these 86 sources have infrared counterparts and three are highly variable. Region D contains 18 of these sources. The compact source toward the center, in projection, of region E is also detected. From statistical analyses, we suggest that the 83 reported compact sources are real and most of them are related to NGC 6334 itself. A stellar nature for 27 of them is confirmed by their IR emission. Compared with Orion, region D suffers a deficit of compact radio sources. The infrared nebulosities around two of the slightly resolved sources are suggested to be warm dust, and we argue that the associated radio sources trace free-free emission from ionized material. We confirm the thermal radio emission of the compact source in region E. However, its detection at infrared wavelengths implies that it is located in the foreground of the molecular cloud. Finally, three strongly variable sources are suggested to be magnetically active young stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/641/A54
- Title:
- Complex organic molecules in high-mass SFRs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/641/A54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have studied four complex organic molecules (COMs), the oxygen-bearing methyl formate (CH_3_OCHO) and dimethyl ether (CH_3_OCH_3_) as well as the nitrogen-bearing formamide (NH_2_CHO) and ethyl cyanide (C_2_H_5_CN), towards a large sample of 39 high-mass star-forming regions representing different evolutionary stages, from early to evolved phases. We aim to identify potential correlations and chemical links between the molecules and to trace their evolutionary sequence through the star formation process. We analysed spectra obtained at 3, 2, and 0.9mm with the IRAM-30m telescope. We derived the main physical parameters for each species by fitting the molecular lines. We compared them and evaluated their evolution while also taking several other interstellar environments into account. We report detections in 20 sources, revealing a clear dust absorption effect on column densities. Derived abundances range between ~10^-10^-10^-7^ for CH_3_OCHO and CH_3_OCH_3_, ~10^-12^-10^-10^ for NH_2_CHO, and ~10^-11^-10^-9^ for C_2_H_5_CN. The abundances of CH3OCHO, CH3OCH3, and C2H5CN are very strongly correlated (r>=0.92) across 4 orders of magnitude.We note that CH_3_OCHO and CH_3_OCH_3_ show the strongest correlations in most parameters, and a nearly constant ratio (1) over a remarkable 9 orders of magnitude in luminosity for the following wide variety of sources: pre-stellar to evolved cores, low- to high-mass objects, shocks, Galactic clouds, and comets. This indicates that COMs chemistry is likely early developed and then preserved through evolved phases. Moreover, the molecular abundances clearly increase with evolution, covering 6 orders of magnitude in the luminosity/mass ratio. We consider CH_3_OCHO and CH_3_OCH_3_ to be most likely chemically linked. They could, for example, share a common precursor, or be formed one from the other. Based on correlations, ratios, and the evolutionary trend, we propose a general scenario for all COMs, involving a formation in the cold, earliest phases of star formation and a following increasing desorption with the progressive thermal and shock-induced heating of the evolving core.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/29
- Title:
- CO obs. of Planck Galactic cold clumps
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/247/29
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Sixty-five Planck Galactic cold clumps (PGCCs) from the first quadrant (IQuad) and 39 from the anticenter direction region (ACent) were observed in ^12^CO, ^13^CO, and C^18^O J=1-0 lines using the 13.7m telescope of the Purple Mountain Observatory. All the targets were detected in all three lines, except for 12 IQuad and 8 ACent PGCCs without C^18^O detection. Seventy-six and 49 velocity components were obtained in IQuad and ACent respectively; 146 cores were extracted from 76 IQuad clumps and 100 cores from 49 ACent clumps. The average Tex of IQuad cores and ACent cores is 12.4K and 12.1K, respectively. The average line widths of ^13^CO of IQuad cores and ACent cores are 1.55km/s and 1.77km/s, respectively. Among the detected cores, 24 in IQuad and 13 in ACent have asymmetric line profiles. The small blue excesses, ~0.03 in IQuad and 0.01 in ACent, indicate that star formation is not active in these PGCC cores. Power-law fittings of the core mass function to the high-mass end give indices of -0.57 in IQuad and -1.02 in ACent, which are flatter than the slope of the initial mass function given by Salpeter. The large turnover masses of 28M_{sun}_ for IQuad cores and 77M_{sun}_ for ACent cores suggest low star formation efficiencies in PGCCs. The correlation between virial mass and gas mass indicates that most PGCC cores in both regions are not likely pressure-confined.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/648/A66
- Title:
- CORE high-mass star-forming regions
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/648/A66
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Characterizing the physical and chemical properties of forming massive stars at the spatial resolution of individual high-mass cores lies at the heart of current star formation research. We use sub-arcsecond resolution (~0.4arcsec) observations with the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array at 1.37mm to study the dust emission and molecular gas of 18 high-mass star-forming regions. With distances in the range of 0.7-5.5kpc this corresponds to spatial scales down to 300-2300au that are resolved by our observations. We combine the derived physical and chemical properties of individual cores in these regions to estimate their ages. The temperature structure of these regions are determined by fitting H_2_CO and CH_3_CN line emission. The density profiles are inferred from the 1.37mm continuum visibilities. The column densities of 11 different species are determined by fitting the emission lines with XCLASS. Within the 18 observed regions, we identify 22 individual cores with associated 1.37mm continuum emission and with a radially decreasing temperature profile. We find an average temperature power-law index of q=0.4+/-0.1 and an average density power-law index of p=2.0+/-0.2 on scales on the order of several 1000au. Comparing these results with values of p derived in the literature suggest that the density profiles remain unchanged from clump to core scales. The column densities relative to N(C18O) between pairs of dense gas tracers show tight correlations. We apply the physical-chemical model MUlti Stage ChemicaL codE (MUSCLE) to the derived column densities of each core and find a mean chemical age of ~60000yrs and an age spread of 20000-100000yrs. With this paper we release all data products of the CORE project available at https://www.mpia.de/core. The CORE sample reveals well constrained density and temperature power-law distributions. Furthermore, we characterize a large variety in molecular richness that can be explained by an age spread confirmed by our physical-chemical modeling. The hot molecular cores show the most emission lines, but we also find evolved cores at an evolutionary stage, in which most molecules are destroyed and thus the spectra appear line-poor again.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/620/A52
- Title:
- DIB properties in lines of sight to M17
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/620/A52
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are broad absorption features measured in sightlines probing the diffuse interstellar medium. Although large carbon-bearing molecules have been proposed as the carriers producing DIBs, their identity remains unknown. DIBs make an important contribution to the extinction curve; the sightline. to the young massive star-forming region M17 shows anomalous extinction in the sense that the total-to-selective extinction parameter (R_V_) differs significantly from the average Galactic value and may reach values R_V_>4. Anomalous DIBs have been reported in the sightline towards Herschel 36 (R_V_=5.5), in the massive star-forming region M8. Higher values of R_V_ have been associated with a relatively higher fraction of large dust grains in the line of sight. Given the high R_V_ values, we investigate whether the DIBs in sightlines towards young OB stars in M17 show a peculiar behaviour. We measure the properties of the most prominent DIBs in M17 and study these as a function of E(B-V) and R_V_. We also analyse the gaseous and dust components contributing to the interstellar extinction. The DIB strengths in M17 concur with the observed relations between DIB equivalent width and reddening E(B-V) in Galactic sightlines. For several DIBs we discover a linear relation between the normalised DIB strength EW/A_V_ and R_V_^-1^. These trends suggest two groups of DIBs: (i) a group of ten moderately strong DIBs that show a sensitivity to changes in R_V_ that is modest and proportional to DIB strength, and (ii) a group of four very strong DIBs that react sensitively and to a similar degree to changes in R_V_, but in a way that does not appear to depend on DIB strength. DIB behaviour as a function of reddening is not peculiar in sightlines to M17. Also, we do not detect anomalous DIB profiles like those seen in Herschel 36. DIBs are stronger, per unit visual extinction, in sightlines characterised by a lower value of R_V_, i.e. those sightlines that contain a relatively large fraction of small dust particles. New relations between extinction normalised DIB strengths, EW/A_V_, and R_V_ support the idea that DIB carriers and interstellar dust are intimately connected. Furthermore, given the distinct behaviour of two groups of DIBs, different types of carriers do not necessarily relate to the dust grains in a similar way.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/81
- Title:
- Diffuse X-ray-emitting gas in major mergers
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using archived data from the Chandra X-ray telescope, we have extracted the diffuse X-ray emission from 49 equal-mass interacting/merging galaxy pairs in a merger sequence, from widely separated pairs to merger remnants. After the removal of contributions from unresolved point sources, we compared the diffuse thermal X-ray luminosity from hot gas (L_X_(gas)) with the global star formation rate (SFR). After correction for absorption within the target galaxy, we do not see a strong trend of L_X_(gas)/SFR with the SFR or merger stage for galaxies with SFR>1 M_{sun}_/yr. For these galaxies, the median L_X_(gas)/SFR is 5.5x10^39^ ((erg/s)/M_{sun}_/yr), similar to that of normal spiral galaxies. These results suggest that stellar feedback in star-forming galaxies reaches an approximately steady-state condition, in which a relatively constant fraction of about 2% of the total energy output from supernovae and stellar winds is converted into X-ray flux. Three late-stage merger remnants with low SFRs and high K-band luminosities (L_K_) have enhanced L_X_(gas)/SFR; their UV/IR/optical colors suggest that they are post-starburst galaxies, perhaps in the process of becoming ellipticals. Systems with L_K_<10^10^ L_{sun}_ have lower L_X_(gas)/SFR ratios than the other galaxies in our sample, perhaps due to lower gravitational fields or lower metallicities. We see no relation between L_X_(gas)/SFR and Seyfert activity in this sample, suggesting that feedback from active galactic nuclei is not a major contributor to the hot gas in our sample galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/899/121
- Title:
- 127 early type and pre-main-sequence stars in W4
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/899/121
- Date:
- 15 Mar 2022 03:47:36
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar kinematics provides the key to understanding the formation process and dynamical evolution of stellar systems. Here, we present a kinematic study of the massive star-forming region (SFR) W4 in the Cassiopeia OB6 association using the Gaia Data Release 2 and high-resolution optical spectra. This SFR is composed of a core cluster (IC1805) and a stellar population distributed over 20pc, which is a typical structural feature found in many OB associations. According to a classical model, this structural feature can be understood in the context of the dynamical evolution of a star cluster. The core-extended structure exhibits internally different kinematic properties. Stars in the core have an almost isotropic motion, and they appear to reach virial equilibrium given their velocity dispersion (0.9{+/-}0.3km/s) comparable to that in a virial state (~0.8km/s). On the other hand, the distributed population shows a clear pattern of radial expansion. From the N-body simulation for the dynamical evolution of a model cluster in subvirial state, we reproduce the observed structure and kinematics of stars. This model cluster experiences collapse for the first 2Myr. Some members begin to radially escape from the cluster after the initial collapse, eventually forming a distributed population. The internal structure and kinematics of the model cluster appear similar to those of W4. Our results support the idea that the stellar population distributed over 20pc in W4 originate from the dynamical evolution of IC1805.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/849/63
- Title:
- FIR-mm data of YSOs in star-forming regions
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/849/63
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Far-infrared and (sub)millimeter fluxes can be used to study dust in protoplanetary disks, the building blocks of planets. Here, we combine observations from the Herschel Space Observatory with ancillary data of 284 protoplanetary disks in the Taurus, Chamaeleon I, and Ophiuchus star-forming regions, covering from the optical to mm/cm wavelengths. We analyze their spectral indices as a function of wavelength and determine their (sub)millimeter slopes when possible. Most disks display observational evidence of grain growth, in agreement with previous studies. No correlation is found between other tracers of disk evolution and the millimeter spectral indices. A simple disk model is used to fit these sources, and we derive posterior distributions for the optical depth at 1.3mm and 10au, the disk temperature at this same radius, and the dust opacity spectral index {beta}. We find the fluxes at 70{mu}m to correlate strongly with disk temperatures at 10au, as derived from these simple models. We find tentative evidence for spectral indices in Chamaeleon I being steeper than those of disks in Taurus/Ophiuchus, although more millimeter observations are needed to confirm this trend and identify its possible origin. Additionally, we determine the median spectral energy distribution of each region and find them to be similar across the entire wavelength range studied, possibly due to the large scatter in disk properties and morphologies.
