Relationship between the column density distribution and evolutionary class of molecular clouds as viewed by ATLASGAL
Relationship between the column density distribution and evolutionary class of molecular clouds as viewed by ATLASGAL
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ATLASGAL观察分子云柱密度分布与演化类别的关系
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2015
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H. Beuther
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J. Abreu;J. Kainulainen;A. Stutz;T. Henning;H. Beuther
We present the first study of the relationship between the column density distribution of molecular clouds within nearby Galactic spiral arms and their evolutionary status as measured from their stellar content. We analyze a sample of 195 molecular clouds located at distances below 5.5 kpc, identified from the ATLASGAL 870 micron data. We define three evolutionary classes within this sample: starless clumps, star-forming clouds with associated young stellar objects, and clouds associated with HII regions. We find that the N(H2) probability density functions (N-PDFs) of these three classes of objects are clearly different: the N-PDFs of starless clumps are narrowest and close to log-normal in shape, while star-forming clouds and HII regions exhibit a power-law shape over a wide range of column densities and log-normal-like components only at low column densities. We use the N-PDFs to estimate the evolutionary time-scales of the three classes of objects based on a simple analytic model from literature. Finally, we show that the integral of the N-PDFs, the dense gas mass fraction, depends on the total mass of the regions as measured by ATLASGAL: more massive clouds contain greater relative amounts of dense gas across all evolutionary classes.
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DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201424375
发表时间:
2015
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arXiv: Astrophysics of Galaxies
影响因子:
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作者:
Schneider;Csengeri;Klessen;Tremblin;Ossenkopf
通讯作者:
Ossenkopf
影响因子:
6.5
作者:
Schneider N;Ossenkopf V;Csengeri T;Klessen;Federrath
通讯作者:
Federrath
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16215.x
发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Brunt C
通讯作者:
Brunt C
DOI:
10.1088/0067-0049/208/1/11
发表时间:
2013-08
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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作者:
S. Lumsden;M. Hoare;J. Urquhart;R. Oudmaijer;B. Davies;J. Mottram;H. Cooper;T. U. O. Leeds;Leeds;Uk;Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie;Bonn;Germany;A. R. Institute;Liverpool John Moores University;Liverpool;L. Observatory;Leiden University;Leiden;The Netherlands
通讯作者:
S. Lumsden;M. Hoare;J. Urquhart;R. Oudmaijer;B. Davies;J. Mottram;H. Cooper;T. U. O. Leeds;Leeds;Uk;Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie;Bonn;Germany;A. R. Institute;Liverpool John Moores University;Liverpool;L. Observatory;Leiden University;Leiden;The Netherlands