English
Related papers

Related papers: Three-Dimensional Structure of the Central Molecul…

200 papers

The eastern border of the SNR G18.8+0.3, close to an HII regions complex, is a very interesting region to study the molecular gas that it is probably in contact with the SNR shock front. We observed the aforementioned region using the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Paron , M. E. Ortega , A. Petriella , M. Rubio , G. Dubner , E. Giacani

Three-dimensional (3D) bubble structure of the Sgr-B molecular-cloud complex is derived by a kinematical analysis of CO-line archival cube data of the Galactic Centre (GC) observed with the Nobeyama 45-m telescope. The line-of-sight depth…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-16 Yoshiaki Sofue

The bright radio structure of the LINER elliptical galaxy NGC1052 is dominated by bi-symmetric jets on parsec scales. Features move outward on both sides of the core at v_{app}~0.26c. We have established the occurrence of free-free…

We present a study exploring the nature and properties of the Circum-Galactic Medium (CGM) and its connection to the atomic gas content in the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies as traced by the HI 21cm line. Our sample includes 45 low-z…

We have surveyed the central molecular zone (CMZ) of our Galaxy in the CO J=3-2 line with the Atacama Submillimeter-wave Telescope Experiment (ASTE). Molecular gas in the Galactic center shows high J=3-2/J=1-0 intensity ratio (~ 0.9) while…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Tomoharu Oka , Makoto Nagai , Kazuhisa Kamegai , Kunihiko Tanaka , Nobuyuki Kuboi

The molecular gas in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galaxy has been studied using infrared absorption spectra of H$_3^+$ lines at 3.5-4.0 $\mu$m and CO lines near 2.34 $\mu$m. In addition to the previously reported spectra of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-14 Takeshi Oka , T. R. Geballe , Miwa Goto , Tomonori Usuda , Benjamin , J. McCall , Nick Indriolo

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is a ring-like structure sitting at the center of the Milky Way. Using the 870 $\mu$m continuum map from the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL), we study the anisotropy of the density…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-03 Xiu-Yu Cai , Guang-Xing Li , Lei Qian

Using a simple relation between the radial expansion velocity of diffuse gas in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galaxy and its distance from Sgr A$^\ast$ we estimate the physical depths within the CMZ of Star $\iota$ (2MASS…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-14 Takeshi Oka , T. R. Geballe

The spiral arm tangencies are ideal lines of sight in which to determine the distribution of interstellar gas components in the spiral arms and study the influence of spiral density waves on the interarm gas in the Milky Way. We present a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-15 T. Velusamy , W. D. Langer , P. F. Goldsmith , J. L. Pineda

Context. Sagittarius C (Sgr C) is a massive, relatively quiescent complex at the western edge of the Galaxy's Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). While the Sgr B2 region has been extensively studied, Sgr C has received comparatively less…

We performed correlation analyses between the $^{12}$CO and $^{13}$CO $J=$1-0 line intensities in order to derive the variability of the CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor ($X_{\rm CO, iso}$) in the central molecular zone (CMZ) of our Galaxy.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-13 Mikito Kohno , Yoshiaki Sofue

We report new observations of multiple transitions of the CS molecular lines in the SgrA region of the Galactic center, at an angular resolution of 40" (=1.5 pc). The objective of this paper is to study the polar arc, which is a molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-13 Pei-Ying Hsieh , Paul T. P. Ho , Chorng-Yuan Hwang

Using spectral-line observations of HNCO, N2H+, and HNC, we investigate the kinematics of dense gas in the central ~250 pc of the Galaxy. We present SCOUSE (Semi-automated multi-COmponent Universal Spectral-line fitting Engine), a line…

We report the first high-resolution (sub-arcminute) large-scale mapping $^{12}$CO and $^{13}$CO observations of the molecular clouds associated with the giant outer Galaxy HII region CTB~102 (KR 1). These observations were made using a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-08 Brandon Marshall , Sung-ju Kang , C. R. Kerton , Youngsik Kim , Minho Choi , Miju Kang

Our goal is to estimate the total gas mass in the direction of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), quantify the various uncertainties associated, and discuss the implications for the estimates of CR energy densities and dust opacities. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-07 H. X. Ren , Q. Remy , S. Ravikularaman , M. Bouyahiaoui , F. Conte , J. Djuvsland

We investigate the three-dimensional structure of the so-called ``200-pc expanding molecular ring" in the Galactic Center by analyzing (b, Vlsr) diagrams of the 13CO(J=1-0) line emission from the Bell-Telephone Laboratory survey. We show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoshiaki Sofue

Velocity profiles of a line of H$_3^+$ at 3.7 $\mu$m produced in warm diffuse gas have been observed toward 18 stars in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galaxy. Their longitude-velocity diagram indicates that the gas is radially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Takeshi Oka , T. R. Geballe

We present 1"-resolution ALMA observations of the circumnuclear disk (CND) and the environment around SgrA*. The images unveil the presence of small spatial scale CO (J=3-2) molecular "cloudlets" within the central pc of the Milky Way,…

We derive the molecular properties for a sample of 301 Galactic HII regions including 123 ultra compact (UC), 105 compact, and 73 diffuse nebulae. We analyze all sources within the BU-FCRAO Galactic Ring Survey (GRS) of 13CO emission known…

We have undertaken a spectral-line imaging survey of a 6 x 6 arcmin^2 area around Sgr B2 near the centre of the Galaxy, in the range from 30 to 50 GHz, using the Mopra telescope. The spatial resolution varies from 1.0 to 1.4 arcmin and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 P. A. Jones , M. G. Burton , N. F. H. Tothill , M. R. Cunningham