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Images of HCO+ (1-0) Emission in a Molecular Cloud near 1E1740.7-2942

J. A. Phillips, T. Joseph W. Lazio

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9411037

Abstract

We have observed the hard X-ray source 1E1740.7-2942 in the HCO+ (1-0) line using the Owens Valley millimeter interferometer. Previous single dish observations have found HCO+ emission coincident with the location of the radio continuum hot spots of the radio source associated with 1E1740.7-2942. Our higher resolution observations show a 15 arcsec offset between the HCO+ emission and the location of the radio hot spots. We propose that the lack of emission results from a large ionization rate, exceeding 10-15 s-1, in the neighborhood of 1E1740.7-2942.

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