An energetic high-velocity compact cloud: CO-0.31+0.11
An energetic high-velocity compact cloud: CO-0.31+0.11
复制标题
充满活力的高速致密云:CO-0.31 0.11
DOI:
10.1093/pasj/psz027
复制
发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Shibuya Yukihiro
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Takekawa Shunya;Oka Tomoharu;Tokuyama Sekito;Tanabe Kyosuke;Iwata Yuhei;Tsujimoto Shiho;Nomura Mariko;Shibuya Yukihiro
We have discovered an energetic high-velocity compact cloud CO0.11 in the central molecular zone of our Galaxy. CO0.11 is located at a projected distance of ∼45 pc from the Galactic nucleus Sgr A*. It is characterized by its compact spatial appearance (d≃ 4 pc), extremely broad velocity width (ΔV> 100 km s−1), and high COJ= 3–2/J= 1–0 intensity ratio. The total gas mass and kinetic energy are estimated as approximatelyand 1051erg, respectively. Two expanding bubble-like structures are found in our HCNJ= 1–0 map obtained with the Nobeyama Radio Observatory 45 m telescope. In the longitude–velocity maps, CO0.11 exhibits an asymmetric V shape. This kinematical structure can be well fitted by Keplerian motion on an eccentric orbit around a point mass of. The enhanced COJ= 3–2/J= 1–0 ratio is possibly attributed to the tidal compression during the pericenter passage. The model suggests that a huge mass is packed within a radius ofr< 0.1 pc. The huge mass, compactness, and absence of luminous stellar counterparts may correspond to a signature of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) inside. We propose a formation scenario of CO0.11 in which a compact cloud has gravitationally interacted with an IMBH and a bipolar molecular outflow was driven by the past activity of the putative IMBH.