- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/605/A57
- Title:
- SOLIS. I. OMC2-FIR4 HC_3_N and HC_5_N images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/605/A57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The interstellar delivery of carbon atoms locked into molecules might be one of the key ingredients for the emergence of life. Cyanopolyynes are carbon chains delimited at their two extremities by an atom of hydrogen and a cyano group, meaning that they could be excellent reservoirs of carbon. The simplest member, HC_3_N, is ubiquitous in the galactic interstellar medium and found also in external galaxies. Thus, understanding the growth of cyanopolyynes in regions forming stars similar to our Sun, and what affects them, is particularly relevant. In the framework of the IRAM/NOEMA Large Program SOLIS (Seeds Of Life In Space), we have obtained a map of two cyanopolyynes, HC_3_N and HC_5_N, in the protocluster OMC-2 FIR4. Because our Sun is thought to be born in a rich cluster, OMC-2 FIR4 is one of the closest and best known representatives of the environment in which the Sun may have been born. We find a HC_3_N/HC_5_N abundance ratio across the source in the range ~1-30, with the smallest values (<10) in FIR5 and in the Eastern region of FIR4. The ratios <=10 can be reproduced by chemical models only if: (1) the cosmic-ray ionisation rate z is ~4x10^-14^s^-1^; (2) the gaseous elemental ratio C/O is close to unity; and (3) oxygen and carbon are largely depleted. The large z is comparable to that measured in FIR4 by previous works and was interpreted as due to a flux of energetic (>10MeV) particles from embedded sources. We suggest that these sources could lie East of FIR4 and FIR5.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/640/A75
- Title:
- SOLIS. X. NGC 1333 IRAS 4A images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/640/A75
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) are C-bearing molecules containing at least six atoms; two main proposals for their formation are suggested: a direct formation in the icy mantle of the dust grains and formation through the reaction in gas phase of released grain mantle species. The shocked gas along outflows driven by low-mass protostars is a unique environment to study how the iCOMs can be formed as the composition of the dust mantles is sputtered into the gas phase. The chemical richness in shocked material associated with low-mass protostellar outflows has been so far studied in the prototypical L1157 blue-shifted outflow to investigate the iCOM formation routes. To understand whether the case of L1157-B1 is unique, we imaged and studied the IRAS 4A outflows in the NGC 1333 star forming region. We used the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) interferometer as part of the IRAM Seeds Of Life in Space (SOLIS) Large Program to image the large-scale bipolar outflows driven by the IRAS 4A system in the 3 mm band, and we compared the observation with the GRAINOBLE+ astrochemical model. We report the first detection, in the IRAS 4A outflows, of several iCOMs: six lines of methanol (CH_3_OH), eight of acetaldehyde (CH_3_CHO), one of formamide (NH_2_CHO), and four of dimethyl ether (CH_3_OCH_3_), all sampling upper excitation energy up to 30K. We found a significant chemical differentiation between the southeast outflow driven by the IRAS 4A1 protostar, showing a richer molecular content, and the north-southwest one driven by the IRAS 4A2 hot corino. The CH_3_OH/CH_3_CHO abundance ratio is lower by a factor of 4 in the former; furthermore, the ratio in the IRAS 4A outflows is lower by a factor of 10 with respect to the values found in different hot corinos. After L1157-B1, the IRAS 4A outflow is now the second outflow to show an evident chemical complexity. Given that CH_3_OH is a grain surface species, the astrochemical gas-phase model run with GRAINOBLE+ reproduced our observation assuming that acetaldehyde is formed mainly through the gas-phase reaction of the ethyl radical (CH_3_CH_2_) and atomic oxygen. Furthermore, the chemical differentiation between the two outflows suggests that the IRAS 4A1 outflow is likely younger than that of the IRAS 4A2. Further investigation is needed to constrain the age of the outflow. In addition, observation of even younger shocks are necessary. In order to provide strong constraints on the CH_3_CHO formation mechanisms it would be interesting to observe CH_3_CH_2_, but given that its frequencies are not known, future spectroscopic studies on this species are needed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/608/A146
- Title:
- Southern Hemisphere ISM FORS2 spectropolarimetry
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/608/A146
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Polarimetric studies of light transmitted through interstellar clouds may give constraints on the properties of the interstellar dust grains. Traditionally, broadband linear polarisation (BBLP) measurements have been considered an important diagnostic tool for the study of the interstellar dust, while comparatively less attention has been paid to spectropolarimetric measurements. However, spectropolarimetry may offer stronger constraints than BBLP, for example by revealing narrowband features, and by allowing us to distinguish the contribution of dust from the contribution of interstellar gas. Therefore, we have decided to carry out a Large Interstellar Polarisation Survey (LIPS) using spectropolarimetric facilities in both hemispheres. Here we present the results obtained in the Southern Hemisphere with the FORS2 instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/897/176
- Title:
- 19 species in 14 super stars clusters in NGC 253
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/897/176
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2022 07:03:40
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present submillimeter spectra of the (proto-)super star cluster (SSC) candidates in the starbursting center of the nearby galaxy NGC 253 identified by Leroy et al. The 2.5pc resolution of our Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array cycle 3 observations approaches the size of the SSCs and allows for the study of physical and chemical properties of the molecular gas in these sources. In the 14 SSC sources and in the frequency ranges 342.0-345.8GHz and 353.9-357.7GHz, we detect 55 lines belonging to 19 different chemical species. The SSCs differ significantly in chemical complexity, with the richest clusters showing 19 species and the least complex showing four species. We detect HCN isotopologues and isomers (H13CN, HC15N, H15NC), abundant HC3N, SO and S18O, SO2, and H2CS. The gas ratios CO/HCN, CO/HCO+ are low, ~1-10, implying high dense gas fractions in the SSCs. Line ratio analyses suggests chemistry consistent with photon-dominated regions and mechanical heating. None of the SSCs near the galaxy center show line ratios that imply an X-ray-dominated region, suggesting that heating by any (still unknown) active galactic nucleus does not play a major role. The gas temperatures are high in most sources, with an average rotational temperature of ~130K in SO2. The widespread existence of vibrationally excited HCN and HC3N transitions implies strong infrared radiation fields, potentially trapped by a greenhouse effect due to high continuum opacities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/593/A37
- Title:
- Spectral cube toward NGC 6334 I and I(N)
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/593/A37
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The HF molecule has been proposed as a sensitive tracer of diffuse interstellar gas, while at higher densities its abundance could be influenced heavily by freeze-out onto dust grains. We investigate the spatial distribution of a collection of absorbing gas clouds, some associated with the dense, massive star-forming core NGC 6334 I, and others with diffuse foreground clouds elsewhere along the line of sight. For the former category, we aim to study the dynamical properties of the clouds in order to assess their potential to feed the accreting protostellar cores. We use far-infrared spectral imaging from the Herschel SPIRE iFTS to construct a map of HF absorption at 243um in a 6'x3.5' region surrounding NGC 6334 I and I(N).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/232/3
- Title:
- Spectral line surveys of 30 regions
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/232/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Spectral line surveys are an indispensable tool for exploring the physical and chemical evolution of astrophysical environments due to the vast amount of data that can be obtained in a relatively short amount of time. We present deep, broadband spectral line surveys of 30 interstellar clouds using two broadband {lambda}=1.3mm receivers at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. This information can be used to probe the influence of physical environment on molecular complexity. We observed a wide variety of sources to examine the relative abundances of organic molecules as they relate to the physical properties of the source (i.e., temperature, density, dynamics, etc.). The spectra are highly sensitive, with noise levels <=25mK at a velocity resolution of ~0.35km/s. In the initial analysis presented here, column densities and rotational temperatures have been determined for the molecular species that contribute significantly to the spectral line density in this wavelength regime. We present these results and discuss their implications for complex molecule formation in the interstellar medium.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/149/79
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of 299 galaxies from NewHa survey
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/149/79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using a sample of 299 H{alpha}-selected galaxies at z~~0.8, we study the relationship between galaxy stellar mass, gas-phase metallicity, and star formation rate (SFR), and compare to previous results. We use deep optical spectra obtained with the IMACS spectrograph at the Magellan telescope to measure strong oxygen lines. We combine these spectra and metallicities with (1) rest-frame UV-to-optical imaging, which allows us to determine stellar masses and dust attenuation corrections, and (2) H{alpha} narrowband imaging, which provides a robust measurement of the instantaneous SFR. Our sample spans stellar masses of ~10^9^-6x10^11^M_{sun}_, SFRs of 0.4-270M_{sun}_/yr, and metal abundances of 12+log(O/H)~~8.3-9.1(~~0.4-2.6Z_{sun}_). The correlations that we find between the H{alpha}-based SFR and stellar mass (i.e., the star-forming "main sequence") and between the stellar mass and metallicity are both consistent with previous z~1 studies of star-forming galaxies. We then study the relationship between the three properties using various plane-fitting techniques and a curve-fitting projection. In all cases, we exclude strong dependence of the M_{star}_-Z relation on SFR, but are unable to distinguish between moderate and no dependence. Our results are consistent with previous mass-metallicity-SFR studies. We check whether data set limitations may obscure a strong dependence on the SFR by using mock samples drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. These experiments reveal that the adopted signal-to-noise ratio cuts may have a significant effect on the measured dependence. Further work is needed to investigate these results, and to test whether a "fundamental metallicity relation" or a "fundamental plane" describes star-forming galaxies across cosmic time.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/578/A53
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/578/A53
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Herschel PACS spectroscopic observations of the [CII] 157um, [OI] 63 and 145um, [OIII] 88um, [NII] 122 and 205um, and [NIII] 57um fine-structure cooling lines in a sample of 48 low-metallicity star-forming galaxies of the guaranteed time key program Dwarf Galaxy Survey. We correlate PACS line ratios and line-to-LTIR ratios with LTIR, LTIR/LB, metallicity, and FIR color, and interpret the observed trends in terms of ISM conditions and phase filling factors with Cloudy radiative transfer models. We find that the ISM of low-metallicity dwarf galaxies has a more porous structure than that of metal-rich galaxies. The radiation fields are harder and the the ionized gas/PDR filling factor is larger in the dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/133/1560
- Title:
- Spitzer c2d small clouds and cores
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/133/1560
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a submillimeter survey of 53 low-mass dense cores with the Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Camera II (SHARC-II). The survey is a follow-up project to the Spitzer Legacy Program "From Molecular Cores to Planet-Forming Disks," with the purpose of creating a complete data set of nearby low-mass dense cores from the infrared to the millimeter. We present maps of 52 cores at 350um and three cores at 450um, two of which were observed at both wavelengths. Of these 52 cores, 41 were detected by SHARC-II; 32 contained one submillimeter source, while 9 contained multiple sources. For each submillimeter source detected, we report various source properties including source position, fluxes in various apertures, size, aspect ratio, and position angle.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/438/426
- Title:
- Spitzer interstellar bubbles
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/438/426
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The expansion of interstellar bubbles is suggested to be an important mechanism of triggering material accumulation and star formation. In this work, we investigate the gaseous environment of a large sample of interstellar bubbles identified by the Spitzer space telescope, aiming to explore the possible evidence of triggered gas accumulation and star formation in a statistical sense. By cross-matching 6124 Spitzer interstellar bubbles from the Milky Way Project (MWP) and more than 2500 Galactic HII regions collected by us, we obtain the velocity information for 818 MWP bubbles. To study the gaseous environment of the interstellar bubbles and get rid of the projection effect as much as possible, we constrain the velocity difference between the bubbles and the ^13^CO(1-0) emission extracted from the Galactic Ring Survey (GRS). Three methods: the mean azimuthally averaged radial profile of ^13^CO emission, the surface number density of molecular clumps and the angular cross-correlation function of MWP bubbles and the GRS molecular clumps are adopted. Significant over density of molecular gas is found to be close to the bubble rims. 60 percent of the studied bubbles were found to have associated molecular clumps. By comparing the clump-associated and the clump-unassociated MWP interstellar bubbles, we reveal that the bubbles in associations tend to be larger and thicker in physical sizes. From the different properties shown by the bubble-associated and bubble-unassociated clumps, we speculate that some of the bubble-associated clumps result from the expansion of bubbles. The fraction of the molecular clumps associated with the MWP bubbles is estimated to be about 20 percent after considering the projection effect. For the bubble-clump complexes, we found that the bubbles in the complexes with associated massive young stellar object(s) (MYSO(s)) have larger physical sizes, hence the complexes tend to be older. We propose that an evolutionary sequence might exist between the relatively younger MYSO-unassociated bubble-clump complexes and the MYSO-associated complexes.
