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Bow-shock structure of Sgr-B molecular-cloud complex in the Galactic Centre inferred from 3D CO-line kinematics.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . Aug2024, Vol. 532 Issue 4, p4187-4204. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- 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 is estimated by applying the face-on transformation method of radial velocity to the projected distance on the Galactic plane considering the Galactic rotation of the central molecular zone (CMZ). The 3D complex exhibits a conical-horn structure with the Sgr-B2 cloud located in the farthest end on the line of sight at radial velocity |$v_{\rm lsr} \sim 70$| km s |$^{-1}$| , and the entire complex composes a lopsided bubble opening toward the Sun at |$v_{\rm lsr}\sim 50$| to 30 km s |$^{-1}$|. The line-of-sight extent of the complex is |$\sim 100$| pc according to the large velocity extent for several tens of km s |$^{-1}$| from Sgr-B2 to the outskirts. The entire complex exhibits a flattened conical bubble with full sizes |$\sim 40 \ {\rm pc} \times 20 \ {\rm pc} \times 100 \ {\rm pc}$| in the l, b and line-of-sight directions, respectively. Based on the 3D analysis, we propose a formation scenario of the giant molecular bubble structure due to a galactic bow shock, and suggest that the star formation in Sgr-B2 was enhanced by dual-side compression (DSC) of the B2 cloud by the Galactic shock wave from up-stream and expanding H ii region from the down-stream side of the GC Arm I in Galactic rotation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *STAR formation
*SHOCK waves
*MOLECULAR rotation
*MOLECULAR structure
*KINEMATICS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00358711
- Volume :
- 532
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179092258
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1724