ATOMS: ALMA three-millimeter observations of massive star-forming regions - VII. A catalogue of SiO clumps from ACA observations
Abstract
To understand the nature of SiO emission, we conducted ACA observations of the SiO (2-1) lines toward 146 massive star-forming regions, as part of the ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions (ATOMS) survey. We detected SiO emission in 128 (87.7${{\ \rm per\ cent}}$) sources and identified 171 SiO clumps, 105 of which are spatially separated from 3 mm continuum emission. A large amount of the SiO line profiles (60${{\ \rm per\ cent}}$) are non-Gaussian. The velocity dispersion of the SiO lines ranges from 0.3 to 5.43 km s-1. In 63 sources the SiO clumps are associated with H II regions characterized by H40α emission. We find that 68${{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ (116) of the SiO clumps are associated with strong outflows. The median velocity dispersion of the SiO line for outflow sources and non-outflow sources is 1.91 km s-1 and 0.99 km s-1, respectively. These results indicate that outflow activities could be connected to strongly shocked gas. The velocity dispersion and [SiO]/[H13CO+] intensity ratio do not show any correlation with the dust temperature and particle number density of clumps. We find a positive correlation between the SiO line luminosity and the bolometric luminosity, implying stronger shock activities are associated with more luminous protoclusters. The SiO clumps in associations with H II regions were found to show a steeper feature in $L_{\rm{sio}}$/$L_{\rm{bol}}$. The SiO line luminosity and the fraction of shocked gas have no apparent evidence of correlation with the evolutionary stages traced by luminosity to mass ratio ($L_{\rm{bol}}/M$).
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- April 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/stac101
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2201.07533
- Bibcode:
- 2022MNRAS.511.3618L
- Keywords:
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- ISM: clouds;
- ISM: jets and outflows;
- ISM: molecules;
- stars: formation;
- stars: massive;
- radio lines: ISM;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 18 pages, 10 figures