2 mm GISMO Observations of the Galactic Center. I. Dust Emission [GA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.08025


The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), covering the inner ~1$^\circ$ of the Galactic plane has been mapped at 2 mm using the GISMO bolometric camera on the 30 m IRAM telescope. The $21”$ resolution maps show abundant emission from cold molecular clouds, from star forming regions, and from one of the Galactic center nonthermal filaments. In this work we use the Herschel Hi-GAL data to model the dust emission across the Galactic center. We find that a single-temperature fit can describe the 160 — 500 $\mu$m emission for most lines of sight, if the long-wavelength dust emissivity scales as $\lambda^{-\beta}$ with $\beta \approx 2.25$. This dust model is extrapolated to predict the 2 mm dust emission. Subtraction of the model from the GISMO data provides a clearer look at the 2 mm emission of star-forming regions and the brightest nonthermal filament.

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R. Arendt, J. Staguhn, E. Dwek, et. al.
Thu, 19 Sep 19
6/71

Comments: 18 pages, 15 figures. Accepted for publication in the ApJ