J/other/RAA/24.I5007 SWAS Massive Star Formation Regions (Wang+, 2024)
Molecular Oxygen Abundance in Galactic Massive Star Formation Regions
Based on SWAS Observations.
Wang B.-R., Li D., Goldsmith P.F., Wu J., Tsai C.-W., Quan D., Zhang X.,
Wang J., Melnick G.J., Li J.-Z., Fuller G.A., Xie J.
<Res. Astron. Astrophys., 24, 095007 (2024)>
=2024RAA....24i5007W 2024RAA....24i5007W (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Star Forming Region ; Millimetric/submm sources ; Positional data
Keywords: ISM: molecules - galaxies: abundances - ISM: lines and bands -
Galaxy: abundances
Abstract:
Molecular oxygen abundance is a key parameter in understanding the
chemical network of the interstellar medium. We estimate the molecular
oxygen column density and abundance for a sample of Galactic massive
star formation regions based on observations from the Submillimiter
Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) survey. We obtained an averaged O2
spectrum based on this sample using the (SWAS) survey data (O2,
487.249GHz, N=3-1, J=3-2). No emission or absorption feature is seen
around the supposed central velocity with a total integration time of
ttotal=8.67x103hr and an rms noise per channel of 1.45mK. Assuming
a kinetic temperature Tkin=30K, we derive the 3σ upper limit
of the O2 column density to be 3.3x1015cm-2, close to the lowest
values reported in Galactic massive star formation regions in previous
studies. The corresponding O2 abundance upper limit is 6.7x10-8,
lower than all previous results based on SWAS observations and is
close to the lowest reported value in massive star formation regions.
On a galactic scale, our statistical results confirm a generally low
O2 abundance for Galactic massive star formation regions. This
abundance is also lower than results reported in extragalactic
sources.
Description:
We obtained an overall averaged O2 spectrum for a large sample of
Galactic massive star formation regions based on the SWAS survey data.
The observed positions in the massive star formation regions
analyzed in this paper are listed in Table D1.
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 14 A14 --- Source Source name
15- 21 F7.2 h ttotal Overall total integration time (on+off)
23- 29 F7.2 arcsec oRA Relative right ascension
31- 37 F7.2 arcsec oDE Relative declination
39- 44 F6.2 deg RAdeg Reference right ascension (J2000)
46- 51 F6.2 deg DEdeg Reference declination (J2000)
53- 58 F6.2 deg GLON Galactic longitude
60- 65 F6.2 deg GLAT Galacitc latitude
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(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 07-Aug-2025