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arxiv: 2606.07388 · v1 · pith:2TTQBXC7new · submitted 2026-06-05 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

ALMAGAL IX. The chemical complexity of AG318.9477-00.1960: A line-identification template for ALMAGAL

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We present a detailed molecular line analysis of one of the most chemically rich cores in the ALMAGAL sample, the high-mass core~9 in the AG318.9477-00.1960 clump (AG318-c9), located at a heliocentric distance of \sim 10.4\,\rm kpc. We further assessed whether the emission of selected COMs, that is, ethylene glycol ((CH_2OH)_2; EG), glycolaldehyde (CH_2(OH)CHO; GA), and methyl formate (CH_3OCHO; MF), can be used to trace the innermost regions of hot molecular cores (HMCs). We analysed ALMA Band~6 observations (\sim 217-221GHz). Spectral line identification and local thermodynamic equilibrium modelling were performed using the software MADCUBA. We derived the physical parameters, including the column density (N), excitation temperature (Tex), velocity, line width, and molecular abundances relative to H_2, for all detected species. The chemical inventory of AG318-c9 was compared with that of the HMC G31.41+0.31 (G31). In addition, we performed a pixel-by-pixel analysis of EG, GA, and MF to generate spatially resolved N and Tex maps and corresponding radial profiles.

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