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CMZoom III: Spectral Line Data Release

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-02-15 v1

Abstract

We present an overview and data release of the spectral line component of the SMA Large Program, \textit{CMZoom}. \textit{CMZoom} observed 12^{12}CO(2-1), 13^{13}CO(2-1) and C18^{18}O(2-1), three transitions of H2_{2}CO, several transitions of CH3_{3}OH, two transitions of OCS and single transitions of SiO and SO, within gas above a column density of N(H2_2)1023\ge 10^{23}\,cm2^{-2} in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ; inner few hundred pc of the Galaxy). We extract spectra from all compact 1.3\,mm \emph{CMZoom} continuum sources and fit line profiles to the spectra. We use the fit results from the H2_{2}CO 3(0,3)-2(0,2) transition to determine the source kinematic properties. We find 90\sim 90\% of the total mass of \emph{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. Based on the mass and density of virially bound sources, and assuming star formation occurs within one free-fall time with a star formation efficiency of 10%75%10\% - 75\%, we place a lower limit on the future embedded star-formation rate of 0.0080.060.008 - 0.06\,M_{\odot}\,yr1^{-1}. 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.

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@article{arxiv.2301.04699,
  title  = {CMZoom III: Spectral Line Data Release},
  author = {Daniel Callanan and Steven N. Longmore and Cara Battersby and H. Perry Hatchfield and Daniel L. Walker and Jonathan Henshaw and Eric Keto and Ashley Barnes and Adam Ginsburg and Jens Kauffmann and Diederik Kruijssen and Xing Lu and Elisabeth A. C. Mills and Thushara Pillai and Qizhou Zhang and John Bally and Natalie Butterfield and Yanett A. Contreras and Luis C. Ho and Katharina Immer and Katharine G. Johnston and Juergen Ott and Nimesh Patel and Volker Tolls},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.04699},
  year   = {2023}
}

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44 pages, 41 figures

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