HOCO+ toward the Galactic Center
Abstract
We have identified a weak thermal line U42.767, which has been detected only in the directions toward Sgr A and Sgr B2, as the HOCO+ 2_{02}--1_{01} transition. Because of the proximity of this line to the SiO maser line at 42.821 GHz (J=1-0 v=2),it was observable simultaneously in the ~43 GHz SiO maser searches at Nobeyama. From the past data of SiO maser surveys of infrared objects in the Galactic center, we created a map of emission distribution of HOCO+ in the Sgr A molecular cloud as well as maps of the 29SiO J=1-0 v=0 thermal emission and H53alpha emission. The emission distribution of HOCO+ was quite similar to the distribution of 29SiO emission. It suggests that the enhancement of the HOCO+ abundance in the galactic center is induced by shock activities which release the CO2 molecules frozen on grains into gases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0609625,
title = {HOCO+ toward the Galactic Center},
author = {Shuji Deguchi and Atsushi Miyazaki and Young Chol Minh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0609625},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
PASJ Dec. 25, 2006 issue in press