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W3巨分子云的成星成分

The star-forming content of the W3 giant molecular cloud

T J T Moore, D E Bretherton, T Fujiyoshi, N A Ridge, J Allsopp, M G Hoare, S L Lumsden, J S Richer

摘要:

我们使用詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦望远镜上的SCUBA测辐射热计阵列,在850微米的连续体中测量了W3巨型分子云和恒星形成区的约0.9平方度的区域。检测到316个致密团块的完整样本,质量范围从13到2500 Msun。W3 GMC的一部分受到HII区域和附近W 4 OB星协产生的快速恒星风的相互作用。我们发现,在密集的,850微米的跟踪结构的气体总质量的分数显着改变这种相互作用,在未受干扰的云约为5%至13%,但在反馈影响的区域约25 - 37%。在检测到的团块样品中的质量分布在一定程度上取决于尘埃温度的假设,并不是一个简单的,单一的幂律,但在中间质量包含显着的结构。这种结构可能是由于接近或低于观测空间分辨率的源的拥挤。几乎没有证据表明,在压缩区和未受影响的云中,团块质量函数的高质量端的指数有任何差异。这些结果的后果进行了讨论触发恒星形成的电流模型。

英文摘要:

We have surveyed a ~0.9-square-degree area of the W3 giant molecular cloud and star-forming region in the 850-micron continuum, using the SCUBA bolometer array on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. A complete sample of 316 dense clumps was detected with a mass range from around 13 to 2500 Msun. Part of the W3 GMC is subject to an interaction with the HII region and fast stellar winds generated by the nearby W4 OB association. We find that the fraction of total gas mass in dense, 850-micron traced structures is significantly altered by this interaction, being around 5% to 13% in the undisturbed cloud but ~25 - 37% in the feedback-affected region. The mass distribution in the detected clump sample depends somewhat on assumptions of dust temperature and is not a simple, single power law but contains significant structure at intermediate masses. This structure is likely to be due to crowding of sources near or below the spatial resolution of the observations. There is little evidence of any difference between the index of the high-mass end of the clump mass function in the compressed region and in the unaffected cloud. The consequences of these results are discussed in terms of current models of triggered star formation.

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