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This paper presents the third in a series of single-dish studies of molecular abundances in the envelopes around a large sample of 18 low-mass pre- and protostellar objects. It focuses on typical grain mantle products and organic molecules,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. K. Jorgensen , F. L. Schoeier , E. F. van Dishoeck

We have conducted a spectral line survey observation in the 3 mm band toward the low-metallicity dwarf galaxy IC10 with the 45 m radio telescope of Nobeyama Radio Observatory to explore its chemical composition at a molecular-cloud scale…

We present Herschel SPIRE FTS spectroscopy of the nearby luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240. In total 20 lines are detected, including CO J=4-3 through J=13-12, 6 H2O rotational lines, and [CI] and [NII] fine-structure lines. The CO to…

We present new observations of HCN and HCO+in the circumnuclear disk (CND) of the Galaxy, obtained with the APEX telescope. We have mapped emission in rotational lines of HCN J = 3-2, 4-3, and 8-7, as well as HCO+ J = 3-2, 4-3, and 9-8. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Elisabeth A. C. Mills , Rolf Güsten , Miguel A. Requena Torres , Mark R. Morris

Sulfur-bearing molecules are central to interstellar chemistry, yet their observed abundances in the gas phase remain far below cosmic expectations in dense interstellar regions. Mixed N-S-O species such as thionylimide (HNSO) are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-01 Valerio Lattanzi , Miguel Sanz-Novo , Víctor M. Rivilla , Izaskun Jiménez-Serra , Paola Caselli

We have conducted OH 18 cm survey toward 141 molecular clouds in various environments, including 33 optical dark clouds, 98 Planck Galactic cold clumps (PGCCs) and 10 Spitzer dark clouds with the Arecibo telescope. The deviations from local…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-23 Ningyu Tang , Di Li , Nannan Yue , Pei Zuo , Tie Liu , Gan Luo , Longfei Chen , Sheng-Li Qin , Yuefang Wu , Carl Heiles

We report a discovery of shocked gas from the supernova remnant (SNR) G357.7+0.3. Our millimeter and submillimeter observations reveal broad molecular lines of CO(2-1), CO(3-2), CO(4-3), 13CO (2-1) and 13CO (3-2), HCO^+ and HCN using HHSMT,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-28 J. Rho , J. Bieging , J. Hewitt , M. Andersen , W. T. Reach , R. Guesten

(Abridged) We carried out a comprehensive far-ultraviolet (UV) survey of ^12CO and H_2 column densities along diffuse molecular Galactic sight lines in order to explore in detail the relationship between CO and H_2. We measured new CO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Sheffer , M. Rogers , S. R. Federman , N. P. Abel , R. Gredel , D. L. Lambert , G. Shaw

Certain planetary nebulae contain shells, filaments, or globules of cold gas and dust whose heating and chemistry are likely driven by UV and X-ray emission from their central stars and from wind-collision-generated shocks. We present the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-22 Jesse Bublitz , Joel H. Kastner , Miguel Santander-García , Valentin Bujarrabal , Javier Alcolea , Rodolfo Montez

We present high angular resolution (0.5-2.0") observations of the mm continuum and the 12CO(J=3-2), 13CO(J=3-2), 13CO(J=2-1), C18O(J=2-1), HCN(J=3-2), HCO+(J=4-3) and HCO+(J=3-2) line emission in the circumnuclear disk (r=100pc) of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Krips , S. Martin , A. Eckart , R. Neri , S. Garcia-Burillo , S. Matsushita , A. Peck , I. Stoklasova , G. Petitpas , A. Usero , F. Combes , E. Schinnerer , L. Humphreys , A. J. Baker

HCN and its isomer HNC play an important role in molecular cloud chemistry and the formation of more complex molecules. We investigate here the impact of protostellar shocks on the HCN and HNC abundances from high-sensitivity IRAM 30m…

There are relatively few H2CO mappings of large-area giant molecular cloud (GMCs). H2CO absorption lines are good tracers for low-temperature molecular clouds towards star formation regions. Thus, the aim of the study was to identify H2CO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-08-22 Chuan Peng Zhang , Jarken Esimbek , Jian Jun Zhou , Gang Wu , Zhi Mao Du

(Abridged) We present the first high-resolution (5.6''x5.1'') images of the emission of silicon monoxide (SiO) in the nearby spiral IC342, obtained with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. We have mapped the emission of the SiO(2-1)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Usero , S. Garcia-Burillo , J. Martin-Pintado , A. Fuente , R. Neri

We have observed 37 Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs), containing a total of 159 clumps, in high-density molecular tracers at 3 mm using the 22-meter ATNF Mopra Telescope located in Australia. After determining kinematic distances, we eliminated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Patricio Sanhueza , James M. Jackson , Jonathan B. Foster , Guido Garay , Andrea Silva , Susanna C. Finn

There is a robust polyatomic chemistry in diffuse, partially-molecular interstellar gas that is readily accessible in absorption at radio/mm/sub-mm wavelengths. Accurate column densities are derived owing to the weak internal excitation, so…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-15 Harvey Liszt , Maryvonne Gerin

We report the results of molecular line observations toward the l=1.3 deg complex, ananomalous cloud complex in the central molecular zone of the Galaxy. We have taken high resolution maps of the CO J=1-0, HCN J=1-0, HCO+ J=1-0, SiO J=1-0…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kunihiko Tanaka , Kazuhisa Kamegai , Makoto Nagai , Tomoharu Oka

We recently reported a population of protostellar candidates in the 20 km s$^{-1}$ cloud in the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way, traced by H$_2$O masers in gravitationally bound dense cores. In this paper, we report…

Isocyanic acid (HNCO), the most stable of the simplest molecules containing the four main elements essential for organic chemistry, has been observed in several astrophysical environments such as molecular clouds, star-forming regions,…

The HCN, HCO+, and HNC molecules are commonly used as tracers of dense star-forming gas in external galaxies, but such observations are spatially unresolved. Reliably inferring the properties of galactic nuclei and disks requires detailed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Helen Roberts , Floris van der Tak , Gary Fuller , René Plume , Estelle Bayet

We present spectral data cubes of the [CI] 809GHz, 12CO 115GHz, 13CO 110GHz and HI 1.4GHz line emission from an 1 square degree region along the l = 328{\deg} (G328) sightline in the Galactic Plane. Emission arises principally from gas in…