Dense molecular gas tracers in high mass star formation regions

We report the FCRAO observations that mapped HCN （1-0）, CS （2-1）, HNC （1-0） and HCO＋ （1-0） in ten high-mass star forming cores associated with water masers. We present velocity integrated intensity maps of the four lines for these dense cores, compare their line profiles, and derive physical propert...

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Published in:Research in astronomy and astrophysics 2016-02, Vol.16 (2), p.33-44
Main Authors: Ma, Hong-Jun, Gao, Yu, Wu, Jing-Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomy
Diagnostic systems
ISM: clouds
ISM: molecules
Physical properties
Star formation
stars: formation
Tracers
Water masers
X-rays
天体测量
天体物理学
天文学
天文观测
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Summary:We report the FCRAO observations that mapped HCN （1-0）, CS （2-1）, HNC （1-0） and HCO＋ （1-0） in ten high-mass star forming cores associated with water masers. We present velocity integrated intensity maps of the four lines for these dense cores, compare their line profiles, and derive physical properties of these cores. We find that these four tracers identify areas with similar properties in these massive dense cores, and in most cases, the emissions of HCN and HCO＋ are stronger than those of HNC and CS. We also use the line ratios of HCO＋/HCN, HNC/HCN and HNC/HCO＋ as the diagnostics to explore the environment of these high-mass star forming regions, and find that most of the cores agree with the model that photodominated regions dominate the radiation field, except for W44, for which the radiation field is similar to an X-ray dominated region.
ISSN:1674-4527
2397-6209
DOI:10.1088/1674-4527/16/2/025