Alma view of G0.253+0.016: Can cloud-cloud collision form the cloud?
- Joint ALMA Observatory, Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago (Chile)
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 (Japan)
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810 (Japan)
- Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Nobeyama, Minamimaki, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-1305 (Japan)
We present the results of the sulfur monoxide, SO, line emission observations of G0.253+0.016 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array at an angular resolution of 1.''7. The dense and massive molecular cloud of G0.253+0.016 is highly sub-structured, yet it shows no obvious signs of cluster formation. We found three outstanding features of the cloud from the SO emission, namely, shell structure with a radius of 1.3 pc, large velocity gradients of 20 km s{sup –1} pc{sup –1} with the cloud, and cores with large velocity dispersions (30-40 km s{sup –1}) around the shell structure. We suggest that these large-velocity dispersion cores will form high-mass stars in the future. In an attempt to explore the formation scenario of the dense cloud, we compared our results with numerical simulations; therefore, we propose that G0.253+0.016 may have formed due to a cloud-cloud collision process.
- OSTI ID:
- 22340229
- Journal Information:
- Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 147, Issue 6; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1538-3881
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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