N in Galactic high-mass star-forming cores

To put more stringent observational constraints on the N-fractionation, we have observed with the IRAM-30-m telescope a large sample of 66 cores in massive star-forming regions. We targeted the (1-0) rotational transition of HN^13^C, HC^15^N, H^13^CN and HC^15^N, and derived the ^14^N/^15^N ratio for both HCN and HNC.

We have completed this sample with that already observed by Colzi et al., and thus analysed a total sample of 87 sources. The ^14^N/^15^N ratios are distributed around the Proto-Solar Nebula value with a lower limit near the TA value (~272). We have also derived the ^14^N/^15^N ratio as a function of the Galactocentric distance and deduced a linear trend based on unprecedented statistics.