We present interferometric observations of the W51 region at 2.7 mm and 3.3 mm with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association Array. The lines of CH3CN (J = 6 – 5, K = 0,1,2,3,4), CH3OH (15-2 ?151 E), HCOOCH3-A (71,6 – 61,5), HCOOCH3 -E (71,6 – 61,5) and 13CS (2-1) as well as the 2.7 mm continuum toward W51 have been observed. The derived total beam-averaged column densities NT and fractional abundances of CH3CN, CH3OH, HCOOCH3 and 13CS in W51 cores have been obtained.
We present a large scale map of about 15′×15′of CO(J=1-0) toward W51 giant molecular cloud (GMC), which covers the most active star-forming region of W51 GMC, and an interferometry HCO+(J=1-0) map of a high spatial resolution (i.e. 8″.7× 6″.1) with a field of view (2′×2′) centered at W51IRS1. A structure model of W51GMC is obtained according to the results of the observations and analyses. The observations demonstrate that some small molecular cores generated by the collision between the W51GMC and the 60—73 km·s-1 foreground cloud are collapsing toward their own centers. In addition, 16 new molecular cores are discovered from the HCO+(J=1-0) map.
