2009MNRAS.392..170S -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 392, 170-180 (2009/January-1)
A multitransition molecular line study of inward motions towards massive star-forming cores.
SUN Y. and GAO Y.
Abstract (from CDS):
A multitransition 3-mm molecular line single pointing and mapping survey was carried out towards 29 massive star-forming cores in order to search for the signature of inward motions. Up to seven different transitions, optically thick lines HCO+(1-0), CS(2-1), HNC(1-0), HCN(1-0) and 12CO(1-0), and optically thin lines C18O(1-0) and 13CO(1-0) were observed towards each source. The normalized velocity differences between the peak velocities of optically thick lines and optically thin line C18O(1-0) for each source were derived. Prominent inward motions are probably present in either HCO+(1-0) or CS(2-1) or HNC(1-0) observations in most sources. Our observations show that there is a significant difference in the incidence of blueshifted asymmetric line profiles between CS(2-1) and HCO+(1-0). The HCO+(1-0) shows the highest occurrence of obvious asymmetric features, perhaps owing to different optical depth between CS(2-1) and HCO+(1-0). HCO+(1-0) appears to be the best inward motion tracer. The mapping observations of multiple line transitions enable us to identify six strong infall candidates: G123.07-6.31, W75(OH), S235N, CEP-A, W3(OH) and NGC 7538. The infall signature is extended up to a linear scale >0.2pc.
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© 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 RAS
Journal keyword(s):
stars: formation - ISM: kinematics and dynamics - ISM: molecules - radio lines: ISM
CDS comments:
In table 1 the positions of GAL 123.07-06.31 are false.
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