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Kinematics of the Sagittarius B2(N-LMH) Molecular Core

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Author(s)

J M. Hollis, J A. Pedelty, D A. Boboltz, S Y. Liu, Lewis E. Snyder, Patrick Palmer, Francis J. Lovas, P R. Jewell

Abstract

Ethyl cyanide (CH3CH2CN) emission and absorption have been imaged with the Very Large Array toward Sagittarius B2(N-LMH) by means of the 5(15)-4(14) rotational transition at 43.5 GHz (lambda similar to mm). The 1.5 x 1.4 VLA beam shows two principal sources of ethyl cyanide emission: an unresolved source similar to5 north of the LMH that is kinematically consistent with simple expansion, contraction, or small-scale turbulence, and the resolved LMH core source itself that shows kinematics indicating an edge-on rotating disk that extends greater than or equal to3 (similar to0.1 pc) in the approximate east-west direction. A search for the 7(07) - 6(06) rotational transition of the amino acid glycine (NH2CH2COOH) at 43.7 GHz toward Sgr B2(N-LMH) gave negative results.
Citation
Astrophysical Journal
Volume
596
Issue
No. 2
Pub Type
Journals

Citation

Hollis, J. , Pedelty, J. , Boboltz, D. , Liu, S. , Snyder, L. , Palmer, P. , Lovas, F. and Jewell, P. (2003), Kinematics of the Sagittarius B2(N-LMH) Molecular Core, Astrophysical Journal (Accessed October 5, 2024)

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Created September 30, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021