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The so-called 'Galactic Center' Lobe (GCL) is an extended (~1 deg) radio continuum feature situated above the Galactic Plane, for which the literature contains varying claims about both its nature and location. Using new optical integral…

Context. Massive-star formation triggered by the expansion of HII regions. Aims. To understand if sequential star formation is taking place at the periphery of the HII region Sh2-219. Methods. We present 12CO(2-1) line observations of this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Deharveng , B. Lefloch , F. Massi , J. Brand , S. Kurtz , A. Zavagno , J. Caplan

We present the high angular resolution and high sensitivity images of the "Circum-Nuclear Disk (CND)" and its surrounding region of Milky Way Galaxy in the CS J=2-1, SiO v=0 J=2-1, H^13CO^+ J=1-0, C^34S J=2-1, and CH_3OH J_{K_a,…

We present Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (LTE) estimates of the physical properties and star formation efficiency (SFE) of molecular gas in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), using new $^{12}$CO $J=2\to1$ observations from the James Clerk…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 S. M. King , T. J. T. Moore , S. N. Longmore , D. J. Eden , J. D. Henshaw , A. J. Rigby , R. Rani

We present the results of high-resolution 13CO(1-0) mapping observations with the NRO 45m telescope of the area toward the southern bright arm region of M51, including the galactic center. The obtained map shows the central depression of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Tosaki , T. Hasegawa , Y. Shioya , N. Kuno , S. Matsushita

This {\it supplement} paper presents the maps of HCN $J$=4-3, HNC $J$=1-0, $\mathrm{H^{13}CN}$ $J$=1-0, and HC$_3$N $J$=10-9 for the Galactic central molecular zone (CMZ), which have been obtained using the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-13 Kunihiko Tanaka , Makoto Nagai , Kazuhisa Kamegai , Takahiro Iino. , Takeshi Sakai

The Sagittarius C (Sgr C) complex, located on the western edge of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), hosts a mixture of star-forming and non-thermal activity whose X-ray properties remain poorly understood. Using deep archival Chandra and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-19 Zhenlin Zhu , Mark R. Morris , Gabriele Ponti , Ping Zhou

We present 45"-47" angular resolution maps at 50" sampling of the 12CO and 13CO J=1-0 emission toward a 1.39 deg x 1.33 deg region in the W51 HII region complex. These data permit the spatial and kinematic separation of several spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 John M. Carpenter , D. B. Sanders

With the ATNF Mopra telescope we are performing a survey in the 12CO(1-0) line to map the molecular gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). For some regions we also obtained interferometric maps of the high density gas tracers HCO+ and HCN…

We present new results of a spectroscopic survey of circumstellar HI in the direction of evolved stars made with the Nancay Radiotelescope. The HI line at 21 cm has been detected in the circumstellar shells of a variety of evolved stars:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-02 Gerard , Le Bertre

We present the results based on the 2.5 arcsec-resolution observations using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of the Galactic Center Molecular Cloud G-0.02-0.07, or the 50 km/s Molecular Cloud (50MC), in the SO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-30 Ryosuke Miyawaki , Masato Tsuboi , Kenta Uehara , Atsushi Miyazaki

[Abridged] The Owens Valley mm-Array has been used to map the CO 1--0 emission in the inner 2'.5 of the grand design spiral galaxy M51 at 2''-3'' resolution. The molecular spiral arms are revealed with unprecedented clarity: supermassive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Aalto , S. Huettemeister , N. Z. Scoville , P. Thaddeus

Up to now, mostly relatively simple molecules have been detected in interstellar diffuse molecular clouds in our galaxy, but more complex species have been reported in the diffuse/translucent medium of a z = 0.89 spiral galaxy. We aim at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-20 V. Thiel , A. Belloche , K. M. Menten , R. T. Garrod , H. S. P. Müller

The latest generation of Galactic-plane surveys is enhancing our ability to study the effects of galactic environment upon the process of star formation. We present the first data from CO Heterodyne Inner Milky Way Plane Survey 2 (CHIMPS2).…

The WISE Catalog of Galactic HII Regions contains $\sim2000$ HII region candidates lacking ionized gas spectroscopic observations. All candidates have the characteristic HII region mid-infrared morphology of WISE $12\,\,\mu\,m$ emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-09 L. D. Anderson , W. P. Armentrout , B. M. Johnstone , T. M. Bania , Dana S. Balser , Trey V. Wenger , V. Cunningham

X-ray observations collected over the last decades have revealed a strongly variable X-ray signal within the Milky Way's Galactic center, interpreted as X-ray echoes from its supermassive black hole, Sgr A*. These echoes are traced by the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-04 Danya Alboslani , Cara Battersby , Samantha Brunker , Maïca Clavel , Daniel Walker , Dani Lipman

We present radio continuum observations of the spiral-shaped ionized feature (Sgr A West) within the inner pc of the Galactic center at three epochs spanning 1986 to 1995. The VLA A-configuration was used at $\lambda$2cm (resolution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 F. Yusef-Zadeh , D. A. Roberts , J. Biretta

European VLBI Network spectral imaging of the "compact double" radio source 2050+364 in the UHF band at 1049 MHz has resolved the HI absorbing region, and has shown a faint continuum component to the North (N), in addition to the well-known…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. C. Vermeulen , A. Labiano , P. D. Barthel , S. A. Baum , W. H. de Vries , C. P. O'Dea

We use the hydrodynamical simulation of our inner Galaxy presented in Armillotta et al. (2019) to study the gas distribution and kinematics within the CMZ. We use a resolution high enough to capture the gas emitting in dense molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-04 Lucia Armillotta , Mark R. Krumholz , Enrico M. Di Teodoro
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