The detection of hot cores and complex organic molecules in the Large Magellanic Cloud

• Verfasst von: Sewiło, Marta [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ward, Jacob L. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The detection of hot cores and complex organic molecules in the Large Magellanic Cloud
• Verf.angabe: Marta Sewiło, Remy Indebetouw, Steven B. Charnley, Sarolta Zahorecz, Joana M. Oliveira, Jacco Th. van Loon, Jacob L. Ward, C.-H. Rosie Chen, Jennifer Wiseman, Yasuo Fukui, Akiko Kawamura, Margaret Meixner, Toshikazu Onishi, and Peter Schilke
• E-Jahr: 2018
• Jahr: 2018 January 30
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 22.11.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The astrophysical journal / 2
• Ort Quelle: London : Institute of Physics Publ., 1995
• Jahr Quelle: 2018
• Band/Heft Quelle: 853(2018,2) Artikel-Nummer L19, 8 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 2041-8213
• DOI: doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aaa079
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1571229167

Abstract

We report the first extragalactic detection of the complex organic molecules (COMs) dimethyl ether (CH 3 OCH 3 ) and methyl formate (CH 3 OCHO) with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). These COMs, together with their parent species methanol (CH 3 OH), were detected toward two 1.3 mm continuum sources in the N 113 star-forming region in the low-metallicity Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Rotational temperatures ( ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/images/2041-8205/853/2/L19/apjlaaa079ieqn1.gif] $T_\mathrmrot\sim 130$ K) and total column densities ( ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/images/2041-8205/853/2/L19/apjlaaa079ieqn2.gif] $N_\mathrmrot\sim 10^16$ cm −2 ) have been calculated for each source based on multiple transitions of CH 3 OH. We present the ALMA molecular emission maps for COMs and measured abundances for all detected species. The physical and chemical properties of two sources with COMs detection, and the association with H 2 O and OH maser emission, indicate that they are hot cores. The fractional abundances of COMs scaled by a factor of 2.5 to account for the lower metallicity in the LMC are comparable to those found at the lower end of the range in Galactic hot cores. Our results have important implications for studies of organic chemistry at higher redshift.