Bow-shock structure of Sgr B molecular-cloud complex in the Galactic Centre inferred from 3D CO-line kinematics
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) bubble structure of the Sgr-B molecular-cloud complex is derived by a kinematical analysis of CO-line archival cube data of the Galactic Centre (GC) observed with the Nobeyama 45-m telescope. The line-of-sight depth is estimated by applying the face-on transformation method of radial velocity to the projected distance on the Galactic plane considering the Galactic rotation of the central molecular zone (CMZ). The 3D complex exhibits a conical-horn structure with the Sgr-B2 cloud located in the farthest end on the line of sight at radial velocity km s, and the entire complex composes a lopsided bubble opening toward the Sun at to 30 km s. The line-of-sight extent of the complex is pc according to the large velocity extent for several tens of km s from Sgr B2 to the outskirts. The entire complex exhibits a flattened conical bubble with full sizes in the , and line-of-sight directions, respectively. Based on the 3D analysis, we propose a formation scenario of the giant molecular bubble structure due to a galactic bow shock, and suggest that the star formation in Sgr B2 was enhanced by dual-side compression of the B2 cloud by the Galactic shock wave from up-stream and expanding HII region from the down-stream side of the GC Arm I in Galactic rotation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2407.07013,
title = {Bow-shock structure of Sgr B molecular-cloud complex in the Galactic Centre inferred from 3D CO-line kinematics},
author = {Yoshiaki Sofue},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.07013},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
18 pages, 16 figures, accepted for MNRAS (submitted June 10, 2024; accepted July 11, 2024)