Yj. Kuan et Le. Snyder, 3 MILLIMETER MOLECULAR LINE OBSERVATIONS OF SAGITTARIUS B2 .2. HIGH-RESOLUTION STUDIES OF (CO)-O-18, HNCO, NH2CHO, AND HCOOCH3, The Astrophysical journal, 470(2), 1996, pp. 981-1000
High-resolution imaging of (CO)-O-18, HNCO, NH2CHO, and HCOOCH3 in Sgr
B2 are presented in this study. The (CO)-O-18 emission comes mainly f
rom the Sgr B2(M) and Sgr B2(N) dense cores and the western gas clump
HNO(M). Toward Sgr B2(M), the (CO)-O-18 column density is 2 times high
er and the fractional abundance is 80 times higher than toward Sgr B2(
N). In HNO(M), the narrow line width implies that the (CO)-O-18 emissi
on arises from the diffuse gas. The complex molecules NH2CHO and HCOOC
H3 were detected only toward the Sgr B2(N) core. The HNCO K--1 = 2 emi
ssion is detected only in Sgr B2(N) and is attributed to efficient rad
iative pumping, which indicates the significant presence of far-infrar
ed held and warm dust grains. Only similar to 4% of the HNCO was found
in the K--1 = 0 ladders in Sgr B2(N). The nondetection of the K--1 =
2 emission toward Sgr B2(M) is caused by excitation and low abundance.
In contrast, the HNCO K--1 = 0 emission comes mainly from the extende
d gas component: the far northern region and HNCO(SW). For the K--1 =
0 transitions, T-rot = similar to 7 K. The low T-rot and the apparent
ubiquity of HNCO suggest that abundant HNCO exists in the Sgr B2 envel
ope. The HNCO K--1 = 0 emission unveiled two spatially extended veloci
ty components; the velocity gap between them covers the same LSR veloc
ities of the Sgr B2 dense cores. If HNCO is formed via surface reactio
ns, the pervasive detection of HNCO in the outer edges of Sgr B2 cloud
core leads to the cloud-cloud collision postulate. A north-south (CO)
-O-18 bipolar structure was seen in Sgr B2(M) centered at the compact
H II region F. The bipolar structure appears asymmetric and thus favor
s the outflow interpretation. The sharp outer edges of the (CO)-O-18 l
ine profiles of the two lobes further support the outflow picture. The
estimated outflow age is similar to 2 +/- 1 x 10(4) yr, and the total
mass is similar to 1700 M(.). The outflow masses for the blue and red
lobes are less than or equal to 360 M(.) and less than or equal to 41
0 M(.), respectively. The mass-loss rate is thus less than or equal to
0.037 M(.) yr(-1). The detection of outflows in Sgr B2(M) supports th
e gas dispersal picture and subsequent chemical variations disclosed b
y the HNO and (HCCCN)-C-13 emission void. Three distinct velocity comp
onents toward Sgr B2(N) were seen from the HNCO K--1 = 2 emission. The
broad component is centered at the H II region K2 with a north-south
velocity gradient, which is probably due to rotation. The mass of the
rotating cloud is between similar to 630 and 1570 M(.). The two narrow
components are located on the opposite sides of the K1-K2 ridge and a
re in fact the two lobes of a gas outflow. The estimated outflow age o
f Sgr B2(N) is similar to 6 x 10(3) yr, which is a factor of 3 younger
than Sgr B2(M). The outflow masses are less than or equal to 200 and
less than or equal to 300 -1 M(.) for the red and blue lobes, respecti
vely. This yields a mass-loss rate less than or equal to 0.08 M(.) yr(
-1), about 2 times higher than that of Sgr B2(M). All these suggest th
at Sgr B2(N) is much younger than Sgr B2(M). Finally, high-resolution
imaging of the radiatively excited HNCO K--1 = 2 transition allows the
separation of an apparent bipolar structure into a gas outflow and a
rotating disk cloud.