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Infall, Fragmentation and Outflow in Sgr B2

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

Observations of H2_{2}CO lines and continuum at 1.3 mm towards Sgr B2(N) and Sgr B2(M) cores were carried out with the SMA. We imaged H2_{2}CO line absorption against the continuum cores and the surrounding line emission clumps. The results show that the majority of the dense gas is falling into the major cores where massive stars have been formed. The filaments and clumps of the continuum and gas are detected outside of Sgr B2(N) and Sgr B2(M) cores. Both the spectra and moment analysis show the presence of outflows from Sgr B2(M) cores. The H2_{2}CO gas in the red-shifted outflow of Sgr B2(M) appears to be excited by a non-LTE process which might be related to the shocks in the outflow.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0608213,
  title  = {Infall, Fragmentation and Outflow in Sgr B2},
  author = {Sheng-Li Qin and Jun-Hui Zhao and James M. Moran and Daniel Marrone and N. Patel and Sheng-Yuan Liu and Yi-Jehng Kuan and Jun-Jie Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0608213},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures, Published in J. Physics Conference Series

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