A 100 pc ELLIPTICAL AND TWISTED RING OF COLD AND DENSE MOLECULAR CLOUDS REVEALED BY HERSCHEL AROUND THE GALACTIC CENTER
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Auteurs : S. Molinari ; J. Bally ; A. Noriega-Crespo ; M. Compiegne ; J. P. Bernard ; D. Paradis ; P. Martin ; L. Testi ; M. Barlow ; T. Moore ; R. Plume ; B. Swinyard ; A. Zavagno ; L. Calzoletti ; A. M. Di Giorgio ; D. Elia ; F. Faustini ; P. Natoli ; M. Pestalozzi ; S. Pezzuto ; F. Piacentini ; G. Polenta ; D. Polychroni ; E. Schisano ; A. Traficante ; M. Veneziani ; C. Battersby ; M. Burton ; S. Carey ; Y. Fukui ; J. Z. Li ; S. D. Lord ; L. Morgan ; F. Motte ; F. Schuller ; G. S. Stringfellow ; J. C. Tan ; M. A. Thompson ; D. Ward-Thompson ; G. White ; G. UmanaSource :
- The Astrophysical journal [ 0004-637X ] ; 2011.
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Abstract
Thermal images of cold dust in the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way, obtained with the far-infrared cameras on board the Herschel satellite, reveal a ˜3 x 107 M◦. ring of dense and cold clouds orbiting the Galactic center. Using a simple toy model, an elliptical shape having semi-major axes of 100 and 60 pc is deduced. The major axis of this 100 pc ring is inclined by about 40° with respect to the plane of the sky and is oriented perpendicular to the major axes of the Galactic Bar. The 100 pc ring appears to trace the system of stable x2 orbits predicted for the barred Galactic potential. Sgr A* is displaced with respect to the geometrical center of symmetry of the ring. The ring is twisted and its morphology suggests a flattening ratio of 2 for the Galactic potential, which is in good agreement with the bulge flattening ratio derived from the 2MASS data.
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ET : | A 100 pc ELLIPTICAL AND TWISTED RING OF COLD AND DENSE MOLECULAR CLOUDS REVEALED BY HERSCHEL AROUND THE GALACTIC CENTER |
AU : | MOLINARI (S.); BALLY (J.); NORIEGA-CRESPO (A.); COMPIEGNE (M.); BERNARD (J. P.); PARADIS (D.); MARTIN (P.); TESTI (L.); BARLOW (M.); MOORE (T.); PLUME (R.); SWINYARD (B.); ZAVAGNO (A.); CALZOLETTI (L.); DI GIORGIO (A. M.); ELIA (D.); FAUSTINI (F.); NATOLI (P.); PESTALOZZI (M.); PEZZUTO (S.); PIACENTINI (F.); POLENTA (G.); POLYCHRONI (D.); SCHISANO (E.); TRAFICANTE (A.); VENEZIANI (M.); BATTERSBY (C.); BURTON (M.); CAREY (S.); FUKUI (Y.); LI (J. Z.); LORD (S. D.); MORGAN (L.); MOTTE (F.); SCHULLER (F.); STRINGFELLOW (G. S.); TAN (J. C.); THOMPSON (M. A.); WARD-THOMPSON (D.); WHITE (G.); UMANA (G.) |
AF : | INAF-Istituto Fisica Spazio Interplanetario, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100/00133 Roma/Italie (1 aut., 15 aut., 16 aut., 19 aut., 20 aut., 23 aut., 24 aut.); Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado/Boulder, CO 80309/Etats-Unis (2 aut., 27 aut., 36 aut.); Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California B1./Pasadena, CA 91125/Etats-Unis (3 aut., 4 aut., 29 aut.); CNRS, IRAP, 9 Av. colonel Roche, BP 44346/31028 Toulouse/France (5 aut., 6 aut.); Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP/31028 Toulouse/France (5 aut.); Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto/Canada (7 aut.); European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarzschild Str. 2/85748 Garching/Allemagne (8 aut.); INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5/50125 Firenze/Italie (8 aut.); Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London/London/Royaume-Uni (9 aut., 12 aut.); Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University/Royaume-Uni (10 aut., 33 aut.); Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary/Canada (11 aut.); STFC, Rutherford Appleton Labs/Didcot/Royaume-Uni (12 aut., 40 aut.); LAM, Université de Provence/Marseille/France (13 aut.); Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center/00044 Frascati (Roma)/Italie (14 aut., 17 aut., 18 aut., 22 aut.); Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara/Ferrara/Italie (18 aut.); Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma 1 "La Sapienza"/Roma/Italie (21 aut., 26 aut.); Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma 2 "Tor Vergata"/Roma/Italie (25 aut.); School of Physics, University of New South Wales/Australie (28 aut.); Department of Astrophysics, Nagoya University/Nagoya/Japon (30 aut.); National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Beijing/Chine (31 aut.); NASA Herschel Science Center-California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Bl./Pasadena, CA 91 125/Etats-Unis (32 aut.); Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-INSU/CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/SAp CEA-Saclay/91191 Gif-sur-Yvette/France (34 aut.); MPIfR-MPG/Bonn/Allemagne (35 aut.); Departments of Astronomy & Physics, University of Florida/Gainesville, FL 32611/Etats-Unis (37 aut.); Centre for Astrophysics Research, Science and Technology Research Institute, University of Hertfordshire/Hatfield/Royaume-Uni (38 aut.) |
DT : | Publication en série; Correspondance, lettre; Niveau analytique |
SO : | The Astrophysical journal; ISSN 0004-637X; Coden ASJOAB; Royaume-Uni; Da. 2011; Vol. 735; No. 2 p. 2; 735L33.1-735L33.7; Bibl. 1/2 p. |
LA : | Anglais |
EA : | Thermal images of cold dust in the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way, obtained with the far-infrared cameras on board the Herschel satellite, reveal a ˜3 x 107 M◦. ring of dense and cold clouds orbiting the Galactic center. Using a simple toy model, an elliptical shape having semi-major axes of 100 and 60 pc is deduced. The major axis of this 100 pc ring is inclined by about 40° with respect to the plane of the sky and is oriented perpendicular to the major axes of the Galactic Bar. The 100 pc ring appears to trace the system of stable x2 orbits predicted for the barred Galactic potential. Sgr A* is displaced with respect to the geometrical center of symmetry of the ring. The ring is twisted and its morphology suggests a flattening ratio of 2 for the Galactic potential, which is in good agreement with the bulge flattening ratio derived from the 2MASS data. |
CC : | 001E03 |
FD : | Nuage dense; Nuage moléculaire; Centre galactique; Voie lactée; Modèle; Forme elliptique; Barre galactique; Orbite; Morphologie; Aplatissement; Galaxies; Formation stellaire |
ED : | Dense cloud; Molecular clouds; Galactic centers; Milky Way; Models; Elliptic shape; Galactic bar; Orbits; Morphology; Flattening; Galaxies; Star formation |
SD : | Nube densa; Modelo; Forma elíptica; Barra galáctica; Aplanamiento |
LO : | INIST-512.354000190484620080 |
ID : | 11-0321674 |
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orbits predicted for the barred Galactic potential. Sgr A* is displaced with respect to the geometrical center of symmetry of the ring. The ring is twisted and its morphology suggests a flattening ratio of 2 for the Galactic potential, which is in good agreement with the bulge flattening ratio derived from the 2MASS data.</div>
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<sZ>21 aut.</sZ>
<sZ>26 aut.</sZ>
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<fA14 i1="18"><s1>School of Physics, University of New South Wales</s1>
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<sZ>28 aut.</sZ>
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<fA14 i1="19"><s1>Department of Astrophysics, Nagoya University</s1>
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<fA14 i1="20"><s1>National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences</s1>
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<fA14 i1="21"><s1>NASA Herschel Science Center-California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Bl.</s1>
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<sZ>32 aut.</sZ>
</fA14>
<fA14 i1="22"><s1>Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-INSU/CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/SAp CEA-Saclay</s1>
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<fA14 i1="25"><s1>Centre for Astrophysics Research, Science and Technology Research Institute, University of Hertfordshire</s1>
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orbits predicted for the barred Galactic potential. Sgr A* is displaced with respect to the geometrical center of symmetry of the ring. The ring is twisted and its morphology suggests a flattening ratio of 2 for the Galactic potential, which is in good agreement with the bulge flattening ratio derived from the 2MASS data.</s0>
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<ET>A 100 pc ELLIPTICAL AND TWISTED RING OF COLD AND DENSE MOLECULAR CLOUDS REVEALED BY HERSCHEL AROUND THE GALACTIC CENTER</ET>
<AU>MOLINARI (S.); BALLY (J.); NORIEGA-CRESPO (A.); COMPIEGNE (M.); BERNARD (J. P.); PARADIS (D.); MARTIN (P.); TESTI (L.); BARLOW (M.); MOORE (T.); PLUME (R.); SWINYARD (B.); ZAVAGNO (A.); CALZOLETTI (L.); DI GIORGIO (A. M.); ELIA (D.); FAUSTINI (F.); NATOLI (P.); PESTALOZZI (M.); PEZZUTO (S.); PIACENTINI (F.); POLENTA (G.); POLYCHRONI (D.); SCHISANO (E.); TRAFICANTE (A.); VENEZIANI (M.); BATTERSBY (C.); BURTON (M.); CAREY (S.); FUKUI (Y.); LI (J. Z.); LORD (S. D.); MORGAN (L.); MOTTE (F.); SCHULLER (F.); STRINGFELLOW (G. S.); TAN (J. C.); THOMPSON (M. A.); WARD-THOMPSON (D.); WHITE (G.); UMANA (G.)</AU>
<AF>INAF-Istituto Fisica Spazio Interplanetario, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100/00133 Roma/Italie (1 aut., 15 aut., 16 aut., 19 aut., 20 aut., 23 aut., 24 aut.); Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado/Boulder, CO 80309/Etats-Unis (2 aut., 27 aut., 36 aut.); Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California B1./Pasadena, CA 91125/Etats-Unis (3 aut., 4 aut., 29 aut.); CNRS, IRAP, 9 Av. colonel Roche, BP 44346/31028 Toulouse/France (5 aut., 6 aut.); Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP/31028 Toulouse/France (5 aut.); Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto/Canada (7 aut.); European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarzschild Str. 2/85748 Garching/Allemagne (8 aut.); INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5/50125 Firenze/Italie (8 aut.); Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London/London/Royaume-Uni (9 aut., 12 aut.); Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University/Royaume-Uni (10 aut., 33 aut.); Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary/Canada (11 aut.); STFC, Rutherford Appleton Labs/Didcot/Royaume-Uni (12 aut., 40 aut.); LAM, Université de Provence/Marseille/France (13 aut.); Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center/00044 Frascati (Roma)/Italie (14 aut., 17 aut., 18 aut., 22 aut.); Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara/Ferrara/Italie (18 aut.); Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma 1 "La Sapienza"/Roma/Italie (21 aut., 26 aut.); Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma 2 "Tor Vergata"/Roma/Italie (25 aut.); School of Physics, University of New South Wales/Australie (28 aut.); Department of Astrophysics, Nagoya University/Nagoya/Japon (30 aut.); National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Beijing/Chine (31 aut.); NASA Herschel Science Center-California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Bl./Pasadena, CA 91 125/Etats-Unis (32 aut.); Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-INSU/CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/SAp CEA-Saclay/91191 Gif-sur-Yvette/France (34 aut.); MPIfR-MPG/Bonn/Allemagne (35 aut.); Departments of Astronomy & Physics, University of Florida/Gainesville, FL 32611/Etats-Unis (37 aut.); Centre for Astrophysics Research, Science and Technology Research Institute, University of Hertfordshire/Hatfield/Royaume-Uni (38 aut.)</AF>
<DT>Publication en série; Correspondance, lettre; Niveau analytique</DT>
<SO>The Astrophysical journal; ISSN 0004-637X; Coden ASJOAB; Royaume-Uni; Da. 2011; Vol. 735; No. 2 p. 2; 735L33.1-735L33.7; Bibl. 1/2 p.</SO>
<LA>Anglais</LA>
<EA>Thermal images of cold dust in the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way, obtained with the far-infrared cameras on board the Herschel satellite, reveal a ˜3 x 10<sup>7</sup>
M<sub>◦.</sub>
ring of dense and cold clouds orbiting the Galactic center. Using a simple toy model, an elliptical shape having semi-major axes of 100 and 60 pc is deduced. The major axis of this 100 pc ring is inclined by about 40° with respect to the plane of the sky and is oriented perpendicular to the major axes of the Galactic Bar. The 100 pc ring appears to trace the system of stable x<sub>2</sub>
orbits predicted for the barred Galactic potential. Sgr A* is displaced with respect to the geometrical center of symmetry of the ring. The ring is twisted and its morphology suggests a flattening ratio of 2 for the Galactic potential, which is in good agreement with the bulge flattening ratio derived from the 2MASS data.</EA>
<CC>001E03</CC>
<FD>Nuage dense; Nuage moléculaire; Centre galactique; Voie lactée; Modèle; Forme elliptique; Barre galactique; Orbite; Morphologie; Aplatissement; Galaxies; Formation stellaire</FD>
<ED>Dense cloud; Molecular clouds; Galactic centers; Milky Way; Models; Elliptic shape; Galactic bar; Orbits; Morphology; Flattening; Galaxies; Star formation</ED>
<SD>Nube densa; Modelo; Forma elíptica; Barra galáctica; Aplanamiento</SD>
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