2021ApJ...909..214L


Query : 2021ApJ...909..214L

2021ApJ...909..214L - Astrophys. J., 909, 214-214 (2021/March-2)

Subarcsecond imaging of the complex organic chemistry in Massive star-forming region G10.6-0.4.

LAW C.J., ZHANG Q., OBERG K.I., GALVAN-MADRID R., KETO E., LIU H.B. and HO P.T.P.

Abstract (from CDS):

Massive star-forming regions exhibit an extremely rich and diverse chemistry, which in principle provides a wealth of molecular probes, as well as laboratories for interstellar prebiotic chemistry. Since the chemical structure of these sources displays substantial spatial variation among species on small scales (<=104 au), high-angular-resolution observations are needed to connect chemical structures to local environments and inform astrochemical models of massive star formation. To address this, we present ALMA 1.3 mm observations toward OB cluster-forming region G10.6-0.4 (hereafter "G10.6") at a resolution of 0.''14 (700 au). We find highly structured emission from complex organic molecules (COMs) throughout the central 20,000 au, including two hot molecular cores and several shells or filaments. We present spatially resolved maps of rotational temperature and column density for a large sample of COMs and warm gas tracers. These maps reveal a range of gas substructure in both O- and N-bearing species. We identify several spatial correlations that can be explained by existing models for the formation of COMs, including NH2CHO/HNCO and CH3OCHO/CH3OCH3, but also observe unexpected distributions and correlations that suggest that our current understanding of COM formation is far from complete. Importantly, complex chemistry is observed throughout G10.6, rather than being confined to hot cores. The COM composition appears to be different in the cores compared to the more extended structures, which illustrates the importance of high-spatial-resolution observations of molecular gas in elucidating the physical and chemical processes associated with massive star formation.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Astrochemistry - Pre-biotic astrochemistry - Massive stars - Interstellar medium - Interstellar molecules - Star formation - Star-forming regions

Simbad objects: 33

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Number of rows : 33
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 NAME W 3 OH HII 02 27 04.1 +61 52 22           ~ 1064 2
2 W 3(H2O) Mas 02 27 04.6 +61 52 25           ~ 154 0
3 [JCC87] IRAS 4A Y*O 03 29 10.49 +31 13 30.8           ~ 770 1
4 NAME Taurus Complex SFR 04 41.0 +25 52           ~ 4971 0
5 NAME Orion-KL SFR 05 35 14.16 -05 22 21.5           ~ 2421 1
6 M 42 HII 05 35 16.8 -05 23 15           ~ 4411 0
7 RAFGL 4176 Y*O 13 43 01.70352 -62 08 51.2304           ~ 163 0
8 [BMG2016] Sgr B2(N3) cor 14 47 19.248 -28 22 14.91           ~ 28 0
9 IRAS 16293-2422 cor 16 32 22.56 -24 28 31.8           ~ 1357 1
10 IRAS 16562-3959 SFR 16 59 42.257 -40 03 45.17           ~ 77 0
11 QSO B1730-130 Bla 17 33 02.70578907 -13 04 49.5482119   18 19.50 18.78 17.39 ~ 1198 1
12 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
13 [BMG2016] Sgr B2(N4) cor 17 47 19.528 -28 22 32.41           ~ 22 0
14 [QSR2011] Sgr B2(N)-SMA2 cor 17 47 19.885 -28 22 13.29           ~ 114 0
15 [BMG2016] Sgr B2(N5) cor 17 47 20.047 -28 22 41.34           ~ 25 0
16 NAME Sgr B2 MoC 17 47 20.4 -28 23 07           ~ 2443 1
17 W 31c HII 18 10 29.1 -19 56 05           ~ 357 0
18 GAL 019.61-00.23 HII 18 27 38.0 -11 56 42           ~ 162 0
19 NVSS J183211-203947 BLL 18 32 11.0455806144 -20 39 48.210054948   18.56 20.2     ~ 75 1
20 AGAL G030.818-00.056 cor 18 47 47.0 -01 54 28           ~ 186 0
21 RAFGL 2271 SFR 18 53 18.54 +01 14 57.9           ~ 537 0
22 [BSC2014] A cor 18 54 00.645 +02 01 19.23           ~ 12 0
23 [AVS2017] G35.20A cor 18 58 12.9480 +01 40 37.419           ~ 7 0
24 [AVS2017] G35.20B2 cor 18 58 13.0130 +01 40 36.649           ~ 5 0
25 [AVS2017] G35.20B1 cor 18 58 13.0300 +01 40 35.886           ~ 6 0
26 [DLW84] G35.2N HII 18 58 13.036 +01 40 36.00           ~ 138 0
27 [AVS2017] G35.20B3 cor 18 58 13.0570 +01 40 35.442           ~ 7 0
28 W 51e2 Ma* 19 23 43.906 +14 30 34.48           ~ 222 0
29 QSO B1921-293 BLL 19 24 51.05595254 -29 14 30.1210248   18.71 18.21 15.07   ~ 918 1
30 RAFGL 2591 Y*O 20 29 24.8230 +40 11 19.590           ~ 640 0
31 [DE95] LDN 1157 B1 out 20 39 11 +68 01.3           ~ 288 0
32 NGC 7538S Y*O 23 13 44.8 +61 26 51           ~ 91 1
33 [WZS2012] NGC 7538 SA1 mm 23 13 44.986 +61 26 49.80           ~ 5 0

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