Molecular and ionized gas kinematics in the GC Radio Arc

Abstract

We present NH3 and H64a+H63a VLA observations of the Radio Arc region, including the M0.20-0.033 and G0.10-0.08 molecular clouds. These observations suggest the two velocity components of M0.20-0.033 are physically connected in the south. Additional ATCA observations suggest this connection is due to an expanding shell in the molecular gas, with the centroid located near the Quintuplet cluster. The G0.10-0.08 molecular cloud has little radio continuum, strong molecular emission, and abundant CH3OH masers, similar to a nearby molecular cloud with no star formation: M0.25+0.01. These features detected in G0.10-0.08 suggest dense molecular gas with no signs of current star formation.

arXiv commentIAUS322: The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre

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