Molecular line mapping of the giant molecular cloud associated with RCW 106 - III. Multi-molecular line mapping

TL;DR

This study maps multiple molecular lines in the G333 giant molecular cloud associated with RCW 106, analyzing its structure and molecular correlations to better understand star-forming regions.

Contribution

It provides detailed multi-molecular line maps and applies PCA to classify molecules, revealing new insights into molecular correlations in the GMC.

Findings

Strong correlation between emission luminosity and line width.

HCO+ and N2H+ are anti-correlated.

No correlation between clump size and line width.

Abstract

We present multi-molecular line maps obtained with the Mopra Telescope towards the southern giant molecular cloud (GMC) complex G333, associated with the HII region RCW 106. We have characterised the GMC by decomposing the 3D data cubes with GAUSSCLUMPS, and investigated spatial correlations among different molecules with principal component analysis (PCA). We find no correlation between clump size and line width, but a strong correlation between emission luminosity and line width. PCA classifies molecules into high and low density tracers, and reveals that HCO+ and N2H+ are anti-correlated.