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Newly identified extended green objects (EGOs) from the Spitzer GLIMPSE II survey. II. molecular cloud environments
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posted on 2023-05-17, 18:24 authored by Chen, X, Gan, C-G, Simon EllingsenSimon Ellingsen, He, J-H, Shen, Z-Q, Titmarsh, AMWe have undertaken a survey of molecular lines in the 3 mm band toward 57 young stellar objects using the Australia Telescope National Facility Mopra 22 m radio telescope. The target sources were young stellar objects with active outflows (extended green objects (EGOs)) newly identified from the GLIMPSE II survey. We observe a high detection rate (50%) of broad line wing emission in the HNC and CS thermal lines, which combined with the high detection rate of class I methanol masers toward these sources (reported in Paper I) further demonstrates that the GLIMPSE II EGOs are associated with outflows. The physical and kinematic characteristics derived from the 3 mm molecular lines for these newly identified EGOs are consistent with these sources being massive young stellar objects with ongoing outflow activity and rapid accretion. These findings support our previous investigations of the mid-infrared properties of these sources and their association with other star formation tracers (e.g., infrared dark clouds, methanol masers and millimeter dust sources) presented in Paper I. The high detection rate (64%) of the hot core tracer CH3CN reveals that the majority of these new EGOs have evolved to the hot molecular core stage. Comparison of the observed molecular column densities with predictions from hot core chemistry models reveals that the newly identified EGOs from the GLIMPSE II survey are members of the youngest hot core population, with an evolutionary time scale of the order of 103 yr.
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Publication title
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement SeriesVolume
206Article number
22Number
22Pagination
1-26ISSN
0067-0049Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Univ Chicago PressPlace of publication
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