Acetic Acid in the Hot Cores of Sagitarrius B2(N) and W51

Details Acetic Acid in the Hot Cores of Sagitarrius B2(N) and W51 Acetic Acid in the Hot Cores of Sagitarrius B2(N) and W51

Sep 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002apj...576..264r&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 576, Issue 1, pp. 264-273.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

34

Astrochemistry, Ism: Abundances, Ism: Individual (Sagittarius B2, W51), Ism: Molecules

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We have detected interstellar acetic acid (CH3COOH) toward the hot core source W51e2. This is the first new source of interstellar CH3COOH since its discovery by Mehringer et al. toward the hot core source Sgr B2(N-LMH). In this paper, we report CH3COOH observations at two new frequencies toward Sgr B2(N-LMH) with the OVRO array and at 10 frequencies toward W51e2 with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array. Toward Sgr B2(N-LMH) the agreement in positions, intensities, and velocities between the two lines from the previous study and the two new lines strongly indicates that all four CH3COOH lines are coming from a common source. Using all four detected transitions, we find an average column density of 6.1(6)×1015 cm-2, a fractional abundance of (0.8-6)×10-10 relative to H2 and (3-6)×10-2 relative to its isomer methyl formate (HCOOCH3). Toward W51e2, we find a CH3COOH column density of 1.7(5)×1016 cm-2 with a fractional abundance of 1.7×10-9 relative to H2 and (1-6)×10-2 relative to HCOOCH3. Furthermore, we find the distribution of CH3COOH toward W51e2 is coincident with HCOOCH3, thus suggesting a similar formation mechanism.

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