Spectral line surveys of 30 regions Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Widicus Weaver S.L.
  2. Laas J.C.
  3. Zou L.
  4. Kroll J.A.
  5. Rad M.L.
  6. Hays B.M.,Sanders J.L.
  7. Lis D.C.
  8. Cross T.N.
  9. Wehres N.
  10. McGuire B.A.
  11. Sumner M.C.
  12. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Spectral line surveys are an indispensable tool for exploring the physical and chemical evolution of astrophysical environments due to the vast amount of data that can be obtained in a relatively short amount of time. We present deep, broadband spectral line surveys of 30 interstellar clouds using two broadband {lambda}=1.3mm receivers at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. This information can be used to probe the influence of physical environment on molecular complexity. We observed a wide variety of sources to examine the relative abundances of organic molecules as they relate to the physical properties of the source (i.e., temperature, density, dynamics, etc.). The spectra are highly sensitive, with noise levels <=25mK at a velocity resolution of ~0.35km/s. In the initial analysis presented here, column densities and rotational temperatures have been determined for the molecular species that contribute significantly to the spectral line density in this wavelength regime. We present these results and discuss their implications for complex molecule formation in the interstellar medium.

Keywords
  1. H II regions
  2. Molecular clouds
  3. Interstellar medium
  4. Radio spectroscopy
  5. Surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2017ApJS..232....3W
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/232/3
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/232/3
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22320003

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History

2017-12-15T09:25:10Z
Resource record created
2017-12-15T09:25:10Z
Created
2018-06-18T08:47:34Z
Updated

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