A VLA H92alpha Study of the Arched Filament Complex Near the Galactic Center

Details A VLA H92alpha Study of the Arched Filament Complex Near the Galactic Center A VLA H92alpha Study of the Arched Filament Complex Near the Galactic Center

2001-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102130v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

29 pages, 22 figures embedded (some poor quality), accepted to the Astronomical Journal (May 2001 issue), higher resolution fi

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10.1086/320373

The VLA has been used at 8.3 GHz in the DnC and CnB array configurations to carry out an H92alpha recombination line study (at 8.3 GHz) of the ionized gas in the Arched Filaments H II complex, which defines the western edge of the Galactic center Radio Arc. The H92alpha line properties of the ionized gas are consistent with photoionization from hot stars,and consistent with the physical properties of other Galactic center H II regions. The LTE electron temperatures vary only slightly across the entire extent of the source, and have an average value of 6200 K. The velocity field is very complex, with velocities ranging from +15 to - 70 km/s and the majority of velocities having negative values. Large velocity gradients (2-7 km/s/pc, with gradients in some regions >10 km/s/pc) occur along each of the filaments, with the velocities becoming increasingly negative with decreasing distance from the Galactic center. The magnitudes of the velocity gradient are consistent with the cloud residing on an inner, elongated orbit which is due to the Galaxy's stellar bar, or with a radially infalling cloud. The ionization of the Arched Filaments can be accounted for completely by the massive Arches stellar cluster, which consists of > 150 O-stars. This cluster is likely to belocated 10-20 pc from the Arched Filaments, which can explain the uniformity of ionization conditions in the ionized gas.

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