Chemical Diagnostics of the Massive Star Cluster - Forming Cloud 3.92+0.11. III. 13CN and DCN
Abstract
Using ALMA observations of the 13CN and DCN lines in the massive star-forming region G33.92+0.11A, we investigate the CN/HCN abundance ratio, which serves as a tracer of photodissociation chemistry, over the whole observed region. Even considering the uncertainties in calculating the abundance ratio, we find high ratios (≫1) in large parts of the source, especially in the outer regions of star-forming clumps A1, A2, and A5. Regions with high CN/HCN ratios coincide with the inflows of accreted gas suggested by Liu et al. (2015). We conclude that we found strong evidence for interaction between the dense gas clumps and the accreted ambient gas which may have sequentially triggered the star formation in these clumps.
- Publication:
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Journal of Korean Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- June 2019
- DOI:
- 10.5303/JKAS.2019.52.3.83
- Bibcode:
- 2019JKAS...52...83M
- Keywords:
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- ISM: molecules;
- radio lines: ISM;
- stars: formation