The discovery of clumpy structure in the diffuse gas towards Cyg OB2No. 12

被引:14
作者
Scappini, F
Casu, S
Cecchi-Pestellini, C
Olberg, M
机构
[1] CNR, Ist Studio Mat Nanostrutturati, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[2] Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Fis, I-09042 Monserrato, Italy
[3] Osservatorio Astron Cagliari, I-09012 Capoterra, CA, Italy
[4] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[5] Onsala Space Observ, S-43900 Onsala, Sweden
关键词
stars : individual : Cyg OB2No. 12; ISM : clouds; ISM : molecules;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05928.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have mapped the (CO)-C-13 (1-0) line in a region of sky towards the star Cyg OB2 No. 12. The observations rule out the possibility that the molecular material along the line of sight is distributed over a long path of very dilute gas. Instead, we present unambiguous evidence of well-defined kinematical structures, which might be assembled to form a cloud complex. The chemistry that leads to H-3(+) appears decoupled from that responsible for the production of heavier species.
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