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CMZoom III: Spectral line data release.

Authors :
Callanan, Daniel
Longmore, Steven N
Battersby, Cara
Hatchfield, H Perry
Walker, Daniel L
Henshaw, Jonathan
Keto, Eric
Barnes, Ashley
Ginsburg, Adam
Kauffmann, Jens
Kruijssen, J M Diederik
Lu, Xing
Mills, Elisabeth A C
Pillai, Thushara
Zhang, Qizhou
Bally, John
Butterfield, Natalie
Contreras, Yanett A
Ho, Luis C
Immer, Katharina
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 4/15/2023, Vol. 520 Issue 3, p4760-4778, 19p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We present an overview and data release of the spectral line component of the SMA Large Program, CMZoom. CMZoom observed <superscript>12</superscript>CO (2–1), <superscript>13</superscript>CO (2–1), and C<superscript>18</superscript>O (2–1), three transitions of H<subscript>2</subscript>CO, several transitions of CH<subscript>3</subscript>OH, two transitions of OCS, and single transitions of SiO and SO within gas above a column density of N(H<subscript>2</subscript>) ≥ 10<superscript>23</superscript> cm<superscript>−2</superscript> in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ; inner few hundred pc of the Galaxy). We extract spectra from all compact 1.3 mm CMZoom continuum sources and fit line profiles to the spectra. We use the fit results from the H<subscript>2</subscript>CO 3(0, 3)–2(0, 2) transition to determine the source kinematic properties. We find ∼90 per cent of the total mass of CMZoom sources have reliable kinematics. Only four compact continuum sources are formally self-gravitating. The remainder are consistent with being in hydrostatic equilibrium assuming that they are confined by the high external pressure in the CMZ. We find only two convincing proto-stellar outflows, ruling out a previously undetected population of very massive, actively accreting YSOs with strong outflows. Finally, despite having sufficient sensitivity and resolution to detect high-velocity compact clouds (HVCCs), which have been claimed as evidence for intermediate mass black holes interacting with molecular gas clouds, we find no such objects across the large survey area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00358711
Volume :
520
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
162206934
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad388