On the similarity of IR-bright and IR-dark molecular clouds
On the similarity of IR-bright and IR-dark molecular clouds
复制标题
论红外亮分子云和红外暗分子云的相似性
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201424375
复制
发表时间:
2015
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Ossenkopf
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Schneider;Csengeri;Klessen;Tremblin;Ossenkopf
We analyse column density and temperature maps derived fromHerscheldust continuum observations of a sample of prominent, massive infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) i.e. G11.11-0.12, G18.82-0.28, G28.37+0.07, and G28.53-0.25. We disentangle the velocity structure of the clouds using13CO 1→0 and12CO 3→2 data, showing that these IRDCs are the densest regions in massive giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and not isolated features. The probability distribution function (PDF) of column densities for all clouds have a power-law distribution over all (high) column densities, regardless of the evolutionary stage of the cloud: G11.11-0.12, G18.82-0.28, and G28.37+0.07 contain (proto)-stars, while G28.53-0.25 shows no signs of star formation. This is in contrast to the purely log-normal PDFs reported for near and/or mid-IR extinction maps. We only find a log-normal distribution for lower column densities, if we perform PDFs of the column density maps of thewholeGMC in which the IRDCs are embedded. By comparing the PDF slope and the radial column density profile of three of our clouds, we attribute the power law to the effect of large-scale gravitational collapse and to local free-fall collapse of pre- and protostellar cores for the highest column densities. A significant impact on the cloud properties from radiative feedback is unlikely because the clouds are mostly devoid of star formation. Independent from the PDF analysis, we find infall signatures in the spectral profiles of12CO for G28.37+0.07 and G11.11-0.12, supporting the scenario of gravitational collapse. Our results are in line with earlier interpretations that see massive IRDCs as the densest regions within GMCs, which may be the progenitors of massive stars or clusters. At least some of the IRDCs are probably the same features asridges(high column density regions withN> 1023cm-2over small areas), which were defined for nearby IR-bright GMCs. Because IRDCs are only confined to the densest (gravity dominated) cloud regions, the PDF constructed from this kind of a clipped image does not represent the (turbulence dominated) low column density regime of the cloud.
登录
查看更多内容
影响因子:
8.7
作者:
Marston, AP;Reach, WT;Stapelfeldt, K
通讯作者:
Stapelfeldt, K
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2012
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
A. Roy;P. Martin;D. Polychroni;S. Bontemps;A. Abergel;P. Andre';D. Arzoumanian;J. di Francesco;T. Hill;V. Konyves;Q. Nguyen;S. Pezzuto;N. Schneider;L. Testi;G. White
通讯作者:
G. White
影响因子:
6.5
作者:
Schneider N;Ossenkopf V;Csengeri T;Klessen;Federrath
通讯作者:
Federrath
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2008
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
C. Federrath;S. Glover;R. Klessen;W. Schmidt
通讯作者:
W. Schmidt