Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： In cosmology, the fine-structure constant can affect the whole ionization history. However, the previous works confine themselves to the recombination epoch and give various strong constraints on the fine-structure constant. In this paper, we also take the reionization epoch into consideration and do a consistency test of the fine-structure constant from the whole ionization history. From the data combination of Planck 2018, BAO data, SNIa samples, SFR density from UV and IR measurements, and the $Q_\text{HII}$ constraints, we find the constraint on the fine-structure constant during the recombination epoch is $\alpha_{\text{rec}}/\alpha_{\text{EM}}=1.001494^{+0.002041}_{-0.002063}$ and its counterpart during the reionization epoch is $\alpha_{\text{rei}}/\alpha_{\text{EM}}=0.854034^{+0.031678}_{-0.027209}$ at 68$\%$ C.L.. They are not consistent with each other by $4.64\sigma$. A conservative explanation for such a discrepancy is that there are some issues in the data we used. We prefer a calibration of some important parameters involved in reconstructing the reionization history.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： The interstellar medium has a highly filamentary and hierarchical structure, which may play a significant role in star formation. A systematical study on the large-scale filaments towards their physical parameters, distribution, structures and kinematics will inform us of what kind of filaments have potential to form stars, how the material feed protostars through filaments, and the connection between star formation and Galactic spiral arms. Unlike the traditional "by eyes" searches, we use a customized minimum spanning tree algorithm to identify filaments by linking Galactic clumps from the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy catalogue. In the inner Galactic plane ($|l| < 60^\circ$), we identify 163 large-scale filaments with physical properties derived, including dense gas mass fraction, and compare them with an updated spiral arm model in position-position-velocity space. Dense gas mass fraction is found not to differ significantly in various Galactic position, neither does it in different spiral arms. We also find that most filaments are inter-arm filaments after adding a distance constraint, and filaments in arm differ a little with those not in. One surprising result is that clumps on and off filaments have no significant distinction in their mass at the same size.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： If dark matter decay or annihilate, a large amount of energy and particles would be released into the cosmic plasma. Therefore, they could modify the thermal and ionization history of our universe, then leave footprints on the cosmic microwave background power spectra. In this paper, we take dark matter annihilation as an example and investigate whether different reionization models influence the constraints on dark matter annihilation. We consider the ionization history including both dark matter annihilation and star formation, then put constraints on DM annihilation. Combining the latest Planck data, BAO data, SNIa measurement, $Q_\text{HII}$ constraints from observations of quasars, as well as the star formation rate density from UV and IR data, the optical depth is $\tau=0.0571^{+0.0005}_{-0.0006}$ at 68$\%$C.L. and the upper limit of $\epsilon_0 f_d$ reads $2.7765\times 10^{-24}$ at 95$\%$C.L.. By comparison, we also constrain dark matter annihilation in the instantaneous reionization model from the same data combination except the $Q_\text{HII}$ constraints and star formation rate density. We get $\tau=0.0559^{+0.0069}_{-0.0076}$ at 68$\%$C.L. and the upper limit of $\epsilon_0 f_d$ is $2.8468\times 10^{-24}$ at 95$\%$C.L.. %, which is $2.5\%$ higher than the results in the previous model. This indicates various reionization models have little influence ($\lesssim 2.5\%$) on constraining parameters of dark matter decay or annihilation.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： Dark energy (DE) plays an important role in the expansion history of our universe. But we only got limited knowledge about its nature and properties after decades of study.In most numerical researches, DE is usually considered as a dynamical whole. Actually, multicomponent DE models can also explain the accelerating expansion of our universe, which is accepted theoretically but lack of numerical researches. We try to study the multicomponent DE models from observation by constructing $w_n$CDM models. The total energy density of DE is separated into $n$ ($n=2,3,5$) parts equally and every part has a constant EOS $w_i$ ($i=1,2...n$). We modify the Friedmann equation and the parameterized post-Friedmann description of DE, then put constraints on $w_i$s from Planck 2018 TT,TE,EE$+$lowE$+$lensing, BAO data and PANTHEON samples. The multicomponent DE models are favoured if any $w_n$CDM model is preferred by observational data and there is no overlap between the highest and lowest values of $w_i$s. We find the data combination supports the $w_n$CDM model when $n$ is small and the $w_2$CDM model is slightly preferred by $\Delta \chi^2_{\text{min}} = \Delta \text{AIC} =\Delta \text{BIC} = -2.48$ over the CPL model, but the largest value of $w_i$ overlaps the smallest one. With larger $n$, the maximum and minimum of $w_i$s do not overlap with each other, but $\chi^2_{\text{min}}$ and AIC also increase. In brief, we find no obvious evidence that DE is composed of different components.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： In cosmology, the fine-structure constant can affect the whole ionization history. However, the previous works confine themselves to the recombination epoch and give various strong constraints on the fine-structure constant. In this paper, we also take the reionization epoch into consideration and do a consistency test of the fine-structure constant from the whole ionization history. From the data combination of Planck 2018, BAO data, SNIa samples, SFR density from UV and IR measurements, and the $Q_\text{HII}$ constraints, we find the constraint on the fine-structure constant during the recombination epoch is $\alpha_{\text{rec}}/\alpha_{\text{EM}}=1.001494^{+0.002041}_{-0.002063}$ and its counterpart during the reionization epoch is $\alpha_{\text{rei}}/\alpha_{\text{EM}}=0.854034^{+0.031678}_{-0.027209}$ at 68$\%$ C.L.. They are not consistent with each other by $4.64\sigma$. A conservative explanation for such a discrepancy is that there are some issues in the data we used. We prefer a calibration of some important parameters involved in reconstructing the reionization history.
Peer Review Status:Awaiting Review
Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： In this paper, we investigate the primordial black hole (PBH) mass function with mass gap. Firstly, to obtain a data-supported PBH mass function with mass gap for subsolar masses PBHs, we fine-tune the coefficients of a model-independent power spectrum of primordial curvature perturbations. Then we take this unique PBH mass function into consideration and calculate the energy density spectrum of the stochastic gravitational wave background from PBH mergers. We find the location of its first peak almost has no relationship with the mass gap and is only determined by the probability distribution of frequencies at which PBH binaries merge. Apart from the first peak, there must be an accompanying smaller trough at higher frequency resulting from the mass gap. Therefore, the detection of this smaller trough will provide more information about inflation and PBH formation.
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Subjects: Physics >> Nuclear Physics submitted time 2016-09-18
Abstract： Considering the mass splitting between three active neutrinos, we represent the new constraints on the sum of neutrino mass ∑mν by updating the anisotropic analysis of Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) scale in the CMASS and LOWZ galaxy samples from Data Release 12 of the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS DR12). Combining the BAO data of 6dFGS, MGS, LOWZ and CMASS with Planck~2015 data of temperature anisotropy and polarizations of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), we find that the 95% C.L. upper bounds on ∑mν refer to ∑mν,NH<0.18 eV for normal hierarchy (NH), ∑mν,IH<0.20 eV for inverted hierarchy (IH) and ∑mν,DH<0.15 eV for degenerate hierarchy (DH) respectively, and the normal hierarchy is slightly preferred than the inverted one (Δχ2≡χ2NH−χ2IH≃−3.4). In addition, the additional relativistic degrees of freedom and massive sterile neutrinos are neither favored at present.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： In this paper, we investigate the primordial black hole (PBH) mass function with mass gap. Firstly, to obtain a data-supported PBH mass function with mass gap for subsolar masses PBHs, we fine-tune the coefficients of a model-independent power spectrum of primordial curvature perturbations. Then we take this unique PBH mass function into consideration and calculate the energy density spectrum of the stochastic gravitational wave background from PBH mergers. We find the location of its first peak almost has no relationship with the mass gap and is only determined by the probability distribution of frequencies at which PBH binaries merge. Apart from the first peak, there must be an accompanying smaller trough at higher frequency resulting from the mass gap. Therefore, the detection of this smaller trough will provide more information about inflation and PBH formation.
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Subjects: Chemistry >> Nuclear Chemistry submitted time 2023-05-31
Abstract： The rapid development of advanced techniques for selective and efficient U(VI) extraction from aqueous solutions is essential for addressing U(VI) environmental pollution and energy issues. Here, we share recent progress in U(VI) extraction from aqueous solutions, especially the most frequently applied techniques such as adsorption, catalysis (photocatalysis, piezocatalysis, and electrocatalysis), chemical deposition, and reduction by zero-valent metal particles. We attempt toelucidate the strategies and various mechanisms that contribute to the enhancement of selective U(VI) extraction. At the end of our review, we highlight the outlook, challenges, and prospects for the development of this field.
Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： G10.21-0.31 is a 70 $\mu$m-dark high-mass starless core ($M>300$ $\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ within $r<0.15$ pc) identified in $Spitzer$, $Herschel$, and APEX continuum surveys, and is believed to harbor the initial stages of high-mass star formation. We present ALMA and SMA observations to resolve the internal structure of this promising high-mass starless core. Sensitive high-resolution ALMA 1.3 mm dust continuum emission reveals three cores of mass ranging 11-18 $\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$, characterized by a turbulent fragmentation. Core 1, 2, and 3 represent a coherent evolution at three different evolutionary stages, characterized by outflows (CO, SiO), gas temperature ($\mathrm{H_2CO}$), and deuteration ($\mathrm{N_2D^+/N_2H^+}$). We confirm the potential to form high-mass stars in G10.21 and explore the evolution path of high-mass star formation. Yet, no high-mass prestellar core is present in G10.21. This suggests a dynamical star formation where cores grow in mass over time.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Junhao Liu
Qizhou Zhang
Keping Qiu
Hauyu Baobab Liu
Thushara Pillai
Josep Miquel Girart
Zhi-Yun Li
Ke Wang
Abstract： We present 1.3 mm ALMA dust polarization observations at a resolution of $\sim$0.02 pc of three massive molecular clumps, MM1, MM4, and MM9, in the infrared dark cloud G28.34+0.06. With the sensitive and high-resolution continuum data, MM1 is resolved into a cluster of condensations. The magnetic field structure in each clump is revealed by the polarized emission. We found a trend of decreasing polarized emission fraction with increasing Stokes $I$ intensities in MM1 and MM4. Using the angular dispersion function method (a modified Davis-Chandrasekhar-Fermi method), the plane-of-sky magnetic field strength in two massive dense cores, MM1-Core1 and MM4-Core4, are estimated to be $\sim$1.6 mG and $\sim$0.32 mG, respectively. \textbf{The ordered magnetic energy is found to be smaller than the turbulent energy in the two cores, while the total magnetic energy is found to be comparable to the turbulent energy.} The total virial parameters in MM1-Core1 and MM4-Core4 are calculated to be $\sim$0.76 and $\sim$0.37, respectively, suggesting that massive star formation does not start in equilibrium. Using the polarization-intensity gradient-local gravity method, we found that the local gravity is closely aligned with intensity gradient in the three clumps, and the magnetic field tends to be aligned with the local gravity in MM1 and MM4 except for regions near the emission peak, which suggests that the gravity plays a dominant role in regulating the gas collapse. Half of the outflows in MM4 and MM9 are found to be aligned within 10$^{\circ}$ of the condensation-scale ($<$0.05 pc) magnetic field, indicating that the magnetic field could play an important role from condensation to disk scale in the early stage of massive star formation. We also found that the fragmentation in MM1-Core1 cannot be solely explained by thermal Jeans fragmentation or turbulent Jeans fragmentation.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Yun Zheng
Jing Wang
Judith Irwin
Jayanne English
Qingchuan Ma
Ran Wang
Ke Wang
Q. Daniel Wang
Marita Krause
Toky H. Randriamampandry
Jiangtao Li
Rainer Beck
Abstract： We present the HI distribution of galaxies from the Continuum Halos in Nearby Galaxies - an EVLA Survey (CHANG-ES). Though the observational mode was not optimized for detecting HI, we successfully produce HI cubes for 19 galaxies. The moment-0 maps from this work are available on CHANG-ES data release website, i.e., https://www.queensu.ca/changes. Our sample is dominated by star-forming, HI-rich galaxies at distances from 6.27 to 34.1 Mpc. HI interferometric images on two of these galaxies (NGC 5792 and UGC 10288) are presented here for the first time, while 12 of our remaining sample galaxies now have better HI spatial resolutions and/or sensitivities of intensity maps than those in existing publications. We characterize the average scale heights of the HI distributions for a subset of most inclined galaxies (inclination > 80 deg), and compare them to the radio continuum intensity scale heights, which have been derived in a similar way. The two types of scale heights are well correlated, with similar dependence on disk radial extension and star formation rate surface density but different dependence on mass surface density. This result indicates that the vertical distribution of the two components may be governed by similar fundamental physics but with subtle differences.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Yun Zheng
Jing Wang
Judith Irwin
Q. Daniel Wang
Jiangtao Li
Jayanne English
Qingchuan Ma
Ran Wang
Ke Wang
Marita Krause
Toky H. Randriamampandry
Rainer Beck
Abstract： We study the vertical distribution of the highly inclined galaxies from the Continuum Halos in Nearby Galaxies - an EVLA Survey (CHANG-ES). We explore the feasibility of photometrically deriving the HI disk scale-heights from the moment-0 images of the relatively edge-on galaxies with inclination >80 deg, by quantifying the systematic broadening effects and thus deriving correction equations for direct measurements. The corrected HI disk scale-heights of the relatively edge-on galaxies from the CHANG-ES sample show trends consistent with the quasi-equilibrium model of the vertical structure of gas disks. The procedure provide a convenient way to derive the scale-heights and can easily be applied to statistical samples in the future.
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Subjects: Optics >> Quantum optics submitted time 2023-02-19
Xiaokang Mao
Zhiguo Yu
Peng Che
Jing Zhou
Yuyin Li
Jianbo Feng
Zili Xie
Hong Zhao
Dunjun Chen
Xiangqian Xiu
Ke Wang
Yi Shi
Rong Zhang
Youdou Zheng
Abstract： Localized surface plasmons (LSPs) have played a significant role in improving the light emission efficiency of light emitting diodes (LEDs). In this report, polygonal nanoholes have been fabricated in the p-GaN layer of InGaN-based LEDs by using Ni nanoporous film as the etching mask, and then Au/Al metal nanoparticles are embedded in the nanoholes to form the LSP structure. The coupling between the LSP and the LED has been clearly observed. The results show that the light output of the LEDs has been increased by 46% at higher current injection condition, and together with a shift of the gain peak position to the LSP peak resonance energy. As the coupling distance is decreased from 60 nm to 30 nm, the maximum enhancement factor increases to 2.38. The above results indicate that the LSP from the polygonal metal nanoparticles is a kind of very promising structure to enhance the lighting performance of the InGaN-based LEDs.
Peer Review Status:Awaiting Review
Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Xunchuan Liu
Yuefang Wu
Chao Zhang
Ningyu Tang
Tie Liu
Ke Wang
Di Li
Lei Qian
Sheng-Li Qin
Jarken Esimbek
Junzhi Wang
Jinghua Yuan
Fengwei Xu
Lixia Yuan
Abstract： Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), we search for HI narrow-line self-absorption (HINSA) features in twelve Planck Galactic cold clumps (PGCCs), one starless core L1521B and four star forming sources. Eight of the 12 PGCCs have emission of J=2-1 of cyanoacetylene (HC3N). With an improved HINSA extraction method more robust for weaker and blended features with high velocity resolution, the detection rates of HINSA in PGCCCs are high, at 92% overall (11/12) and 87% (7/8) among sources with HC3N J=2-1 emissions. Combining the data of molecular spectra and Planck continuum maps, we studied the morphologies, abundances and excitations of HI, CO and HC3N in PGCCs. The distribution of HINSA is similar to that of CO emission. HINSA tends to be not detected in regions associated with warm dust and background ionizing radiation, as well as regions associated with stellar objects. The abundances of HI in PGCCs are approximately 3E-4, and vary within a factor of ~3. The non-thermal velocity dispersions traced by C18O J=1-0 and HINSA are consistent with each other (0.1-0.4 km/s), larger than those of HC3N (~0.1 km/s). Carbon chain molecule abundant PGCCs provide a good sample to study HINSA.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
C. Zhang
Neal J. Evans
T. Liu
J. -W. Wu
Ke Wang
H. -L. Liu
F. -Y. Zhu
Z. -Y. Ren
L. K. Dewangan
Chang Won Lee
Shanghuo Li
L. Bronfman
A. Tej
D. Li
Abstract： We report detection of radio recombination line (RRL) H$_{40\alpha}$ toward 75 sources, with data obtained from ACA observations in the ATOMS survey of 146 active Galactic star forming regions. We calculated ionized gas mass and star formation rate with H40U line emission. The mass of ionized gas is significantly smaller than molecular gas mass, indicating that ionized gas is negligible in the star forming clumps of the ATOMS sample. The star formation rate (SFR$_{{\rm H}_{40\alpha}}$) estimated with RRL H$_{40\alpha}$ agrees well with that (SFR$_{\rm L_{bol}}$) calculated with the total bolometric luminosity (L$_{\rm bol}$) when SFR $\gtrsim 5 {\rm M_\odot My}r^{-1}$, suggesting that millimeter RRLs could well sample the upper part of the initial mass function (IMF) and thus be good tracers for SFR. We also study the relationships between L$_{\rm bol}$ and the molecular line luminosities (L0mol) of CS J=2-1 and HC$_3$N J=11-10 for all the 146 ATOMS sources. The Lbol-L0mol correlations of both the CS J=2-1 and HC3N J=11-10 lines appear approximately linear and these transitions have success in predicting L$_{\rm bol}$ similar to that of more commonly used transitions. The L$_{\rm bol}$-to-L$_{\rm mol}$ ratios or SFR-to-mass ratios (star formation efficiency; SFE) do not change with galactocentric distances (R$_{\rm GC}$). Sources with H$_{40\alpha}$ emission (or H$_{\rm II}$ regions) show higher L$_{\rm bol}$-to-L$_{\rm mol}$ than those without H$_{40\alpha}$ emission, which may be an evolutionary effect.
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Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
Xiaoting Fu
Angela Bragaglia
Chao Liu
Huawei Zhang
Yan Xu
Ke Wang
Zhi-Yu Zhang
Jing Zhong
Jiang Chang
Lu Li
Li Chen
Yang Chen
Fei Wang
Eda Gjergo
Chun Wang
Nannan Yue
Xi Zhang
Abstract： Open Clusters are born and evolve along the Milky Way plane, on them is imprinted the history of the Galactic disc, including the chemical and dynamical evolution. Chemical and dynamical properties of open clusters can be derived from photometric, spectroscopic, and astrometric data of their member stars. Based on the photometric and astrometric data from the Gaia mission, the membership of stars in more than 2000 Galactic clusters has been identified in the literature. The chemical and kinematical properties, however, are still poorly known for many of these clusters. In synergy with the large spectroscopic survey LAMOST (data release 8) and Gaia (data release 2), we report a new comprehensive catalogue of 386 open clusters. This catalogue has homogeneous parameter determinations of radial velocity, metallicity, and dynamical properties, such as orbit, eccentricity, angular momenta, total energy, and 3D Galactic velocity. These parameters allow the first radial velocity determination and the first spectroscopic [Fe/H] determination for 44 and 137 clusters, respectively. The metallicity distribution of majority clusters shows falling trends in the parameter space of the Galactocentric radius, the total energy, and the Z component of angular momentum -- except for two old groups that show flat tails in their own parameter planes. Cluster populations of ages younger and older than 500 Myrs distribute diversely on the disc. The latter has a spatial consistency with the Galactic disc flare. The 3-D spatial comparison between very young clusters (< 100 Myr) and nearby molecular clouds revealed a wide range of metallicity distribution along the Radcliffe gas cloud wave, indicating a possible inhomogeneous mixing or fast star formation along the wave. This catalogue would serve the community as a useful tool to trace the chemical and dynamical evolution of the Milky Way.
Peer Review Status:Awaiting Review
Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
T. Baug
Ke Wang
Tie Liu
Yue-Fang Wu
Di Li
Qizhou Zhang
Mengyao Tang
Paul F. Goldsmith
Hong-Li Liu
Anandmayee Tej
Leonardo Bronfman
L. Viktor Toth
Kee-Tae Kim
Shang-Huo Li
Chang Won Lee
Ken'ichi Tatematsu
Tomoya Hirota
Abstract： With the aim of understanding the role of outflows in star formation, we performed a statistical study of the physical parameters of outflows in eleven massive protoclusters associated with ultra-compact HII regions. A total of 106 outflow lobes are identified in these protoclusters using the ALMA CO (3-2), HCN (4-3) and HCO+ (4-3) line observations. Although the position angles of outflow lobes do not differ in these three tracers, HCN and HCO+ tend to detect lower terminal velocity of the identified outflows compared to CO. The majority of the outflows in our targets are young with typical dynamical time-scales of 10^2-10^4 years, and are mostly composed of low-mass outflows along with at least one high-mass outflow in each target. An anti-correlation of outflow rate with dynamical time-scale indicates that the outflow rate possibly decreases with time. Also, a rising trend of dynamical time-scale with the mass of the associated core hints that the massive cores might have longer accretion histories than the low mass cores. Estimation of different energies in these protoclusters shows that outflows studied here cannot account for the generation of the observed turbulence, but can sustain the turbulence at the current epoch as the energy injection rate from the outflows is similar to the estimated dissipation rate.
Peer Review Status:Awaiting Review
Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysics submitted time 2023-12-29
Zhiyuan Ren
Xi Chen
Tie Liu
Emma Mannfors
Leonardo Bronfman
Fengwei Xu
Siyi Feng
Hongli Liu
Fanyi Meng
Amelia M. Stutz,
Shanghuo Li
Chang Won Lee,
Ke Wang
Jianwen Zhou
Di Li
Chen Wang
Chakali Eswaraiah
Anandmayee Tej
Long-Fei Chen
Hui Shi
Abstract： We studied the unique kinematic properties in massive filament G352.63-1.07 at 1000-AU spatial scale with the dense molecular tracers observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). We find the central massive core M1 (12 Msun) being separated from the surrounding filament with a velocity difference of v-v_sys=-2 km/s and a transverse separation within 3 arcsec. Meanwhile, as shown in multiple dense-gas tracers, M1 has a spatial extension closely aligned with the main filament and is connected to the filament towards its both ends. M1 thus represents a very beginning state for a massive young star-forming core escaping from the parental filament, within a time scale of ~4000 years. Based on its kinetic energy (3.5x10^44 erg), the core escape is unlikely solely due to the original filament motion or magnetic field, but requires more energetic events such as a rapid intense anisotropic collapse. The released energy also seems to noticeably increase the environmental turbulence. This may help the filament to become stabilized again.
Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19
C. Zhang
Feng-Yao Zhu
Tie Liu
Z. -Y. Ren
H. -L. Liu
Ke Wang
J. -W. Wu
Y. Zhang
J. -W. Zhou
K. Tatematsu
Guido Garay
Anandmayee Tej
Shanghuo Li
W. F. Xu
Chang Won Lee
Leonardo Bronfman
Archana Soam
D. Li
Abstract： Hydrogen recombination lines (RRLs) are one of the major diagnostics of the physical properties of H{\sc ii} regions. We use RRL H40$\alpha$, He40$\alpha$ and 3 mm continuum emission to investigate the properties of a large sample of resolved UC H{\sc ii} regions identified in the ATOMS survey. In total, we identify 94 UC H{\sc ii} regions from H40$\alpha$ emission. The basic parameters for these UC H{\sc ii} regions such as electron density, emission measure, electron temperature, ionic abundance ratio (n$_{\rm He^+}$/n$_{\rm H^+}$), and line width are derived. The median electron density and the median n$_{\rm He^+}$/n$_{\rm H^+}$ ratio of these UC H{\sc ii} regions derived from RRLs are $\sim$9000 cm$^{-3}$ and 0.11, respectively. Within UC H{\sc ii} regions, the n$_{\rm He^+}$/n$_{\rm H^+}$ ratios derived from the intensity ratio of the He40$\alpha$ and H40$\alpha$ lines seems to be higher in the boundary region than in the center. The H40$\alpha$ line width is mainly broadened by thermal motion and microturbulence. The electron temperature of these UC H{\sc ii} regions has a median value of $\sim$6700 K, and its dependence on galactocentric distance is weak.
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