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2024PASJ...76..579K - Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 76, 579-588 (2024/August-0)

The CO-to-H2 conversion factor in the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way using CO isotopologues.

KOHNO M. and SOFUE Y.

Abstract (from CDS):

We performed correlation analyses between the 12CO and 13CO J = 1-0 line intensities in order to derive the variability of the CO-to-H2 conversion factor (XCO,iso) in the central molecular zone (CMZ) of our Galaxy. New high-resolution XCO,iso maps at a resolution of ∼30″ and a longitude-velocity diagram (LVD) at resolution ${\sim }{30^{\prime\prime}}\times 2$ km s–1 are presented using the 12CO and 13CO archival survey data obtained by the Nobeyama 45 m telescope. We revealed the variation of XCO,iso in the CMZ within the range of XCO,iso ∼ (0.2-1.3) × 1020 cm–2 (K km s–1)–1, if we assume a normalization value of 0.59 × 1020 cm–2 (K km s–1)–1. The mean value is obtained as XCO,iso = (0.48 ± 0.15) × 1020 cm–2 (K km s–1)–1 in the CMZ of our Galaxy.

Abstract Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Japan.

Journal keyword(s): Galaxy: center - ISM: clouds - ISM: general - ISM: molecules - ISM: radio lines

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