CN in the Sgr A* environment - first results

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Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jphcs..54...81s&link_type=abstract

"Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 54, Proceedings of "The Universe Under the Microscope - Astrophysics at High Angu

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The radical CN, through the CN/HCN ratio, has proven to be an exceptionally good tool to study the photodissociation regions (PDRs) dominated by FUV radiation. Our region of interest, the circumnuclear disk (CND) surrounding Sgr A*, is exposed to the strong UV radiation field originating from the central stellar cluster. It contains potentially star forming cores recently elucidated by interferometric HCN observations with OVRO by Christopher et al. (2005). We present the results of preliminary observations of CN (N = 2-l) transitions with the IRAM 30-m telescope and report, for the first time, detection of CN emission in the GC region indicative of PDR, activity. This work motivates the further investigation of the role of PDRs in the clumpy medium of the Galactic center (GC) environment in global photodissociation and in promoting or inhibiting star formation in the CND.

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