Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21813011h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #130.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The chemical makeup of Infrared Dark Clouds may offer a method to classify star forming cores. This study uses the molecular line maps from the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz (MALT90) Survey, observed using the 22-m ATNF Mopra Telescope. The relative abundances of the four molecules, N2H+, HNC, HCN and HCO+ are calculated for each of 500 cores to determine the chemical signatures of star forming cores in their early evolutionary stages, as deduced from Spitzer data. Cores are classified as prestellar, protostellar, or HII regions. Initial findings indicate that sources with relatively strong N2H+ lines are prestellar, whereas weak N2H+ lines may designate protostellar or HII regions. These chemical anomalies, where the N2H+ lines are either very prominent or weak are rare, suggesting that these are short-lived chemical phases.
Foster John Jr.
Hoq Sadia
Jackson Jacque
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