M A Amo-Baladrón et al 2008 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 131 012017 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/131/1/012017
Correlation between SiO and X-ray emission in the galactic center
M A Amo-Baladrón1, J Martín-Pintado1, M R Morris2, M P Muno3 and N J Rodríguez-Fernández4
Show affiliationsWe present emission maps (spatial resolution 
40'') of the Sgr A molecular cloud complex at the Galactic Center (GC) in the J = 2→1 SiO line, observed with the IRAM-30m telescope at Pico Veleta. We have compared our SiO(2-1) data cube with CS(1-0) maps, and we have found a correlation between the SiO/CS intensity ratio and the equivalent width of the X-ray Fe line at 6.4 keV. We discuss the SiO abundance enhancement in the two most plausible scenarios for the origin of the Fe line, which is, at the moment, under debate: fluorescence in an X-ray Reflection Nebula (XRN), or impact by Low-Energy Cosmic Rays (LECRs) followed by electronic relaxation. Both could explain the enhancement in the SiO/CS intensity ratio with the intensity of the Fe line, but both scenarios present difficulties: the first one requires a population of very small grains to produce the enhancement in the SiO/CS intensity ratio, and the second needs higher column densities than the ones derived from observations in the region.
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97.10.Wn Proper motions and radial velocities (line-of-sight velocities); space motions
98.38.Dq Molecular clouds, H2 clouds, dense clouds, and dark clouds
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Issue 1 (2008)
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Correlation between SiO and X-ray emission in the galactic center
M A Amo-Baladrón et al 2008 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 131 012017
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