Published October 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Infalling gas onto the Galactic center circumnuclear ring

  • 1. Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  • 2. Institute of Space and Astronautial Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510 (Japan)

Description

The central region of our Galaxy (Sgr A*) is the nearest galactic center harboring a massive black hole. The environment around Sgr A* is a topic of interest to diverse fields. We are interested in gas feeding from giant molecular clouds (GMC) within 10 pc of the Galactic center to the Circumnuclear Ring/Disk (CND), which is presumable 'lay-down bay' of infalling gas toward Sgr A*. In order to reveal the mechanism, we observed the CND and its surroundings in SiO and H13 CO+ lines using Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA). We depict the CND clearly in both lines and some molecular streamers to the CND in only SiO line including one new detection. The line intensity ratios at overlapping points of streamers with the CND are higher (I(SiO)/I(H13CO+) > 6) than the average of CND (2-4). This is a strong evidence indicating these streamers are connecting to the CND. Some components at the outer region of the CND are also detected in both lines. We also estimate the rotation velocity of the CND as 110±10 km s-1 and of just a bit outside from the CND as 93±14 km s-1. The estimation of the rotation velocity in the distance range of 5-10 pc from the Sgr A* has a great meaning since there have been few report about the kinematic parameters at just outside of the CND.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/131/1/012033

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
131
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Astrophysics at high angular resolution
Acronym
Conference on the Universe under the microscope
Dates
21-25 Apr 2008
Place
Bad Honnef (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41039021
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION SPECTRA; GALAXY NUCLEI; INTERFEROMETRY; ROTATION; SILICON OXIDES; THZ RANGE; VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; FREQUENCY RANGE; MOTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTRA