Catalog of High-velocity Dispersion Compact Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone of Our Galaxy

Abstract

Abstract This study developed an automated identification procedure for compact clouds with broad velocity widths in the spectral-line data cubes of highly crowded regions. The procedure was applied to the CO J = 3 − 2 line data, obtained using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, to identify 184 high-velocity dispersion compact clouds (HVDCCs), which are a category of peculiar molecular clouds found in the central molecular zone of our Galaxy. A list of HVDCCs in the area −1.°4 ≤ l ≤ +2.°0, −0.°25 ≤ b ≤ +0.°25 was presented with their physical parameters, CO J = 3 − 2/J = 1 − 0 intensity ratios, and morphological classifications. Consequently, the list provides several intriguing sources that may have been driven by encounters with pointlike massive objects, local energetic events, or cloud-to-cloud collisions.