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A statistical study towards the high-mass BGPS clumps with the MALT90 survey

Published 25 Sep 2017 in astro-ph.GA | (1709.08391v1)

Abstract: In this work, we perform a statistical investigation towards 50 high-mass clumps using the data from the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) and the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90-GHz survey (MALT90). Eleven dense molecular lines (N$2$H$+$(1-0), HNC(1-0), HCO$+$(1-0), HCN(1-0), HN${13}$C(1-0), H${13}$CO$+$(1-0), C$_2$H(1-0), HC$_3$N(10-9), SiO(2-1), ${13}$CS(2-1) and HNCO$(4{4,0}-3_{0,3}))$ are detected. N$2$H$+$ and HNC are shown to be good tracers for clumps in virous evolutionary stages since they are detected in all the fields. And the detection rates of N-bearing molecules decrease as the clumps evolve, but those of O-bearing species increase with evolution. Furthermore, the abundance ratios [N$_2$H$+$]/[HCO$+$] and Log([HC$_3$N]/[HCO$+$]) decline with Log([HCO$+$]) as two linear functions, respectively. This suggests the transformation of N$_2$H$+$ and HC$_3$N to HCO$+$ as the clumps evolve. We also find that C$_2$H is the most abundant molecule with an order of $10{-8}$. Besides, three new infall candidates G010.214-00.324, G011.121-00.128, and G012.215-00.118(a) are discovered to have large-scaled infall motions and infall rates in the magnitude of $10{-3}$ M$\odot$ yr${-1}$.

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