Filamentary structures and compact objects in the Aquila and Polaris clouds observed by Herschel
A. Men'shchikov, Ph. André, P. Didelon, V. Könyves, N. Schneider, F. Motte, S. Bontemps, D. Arzoumanian, M. Attard, A. Abergel, J. -P. Baluteau, J. -Ph. Bernard… 展开作者
A. Men'shchikov, Ph. André, P. Didelon, V. Könyves, N. Schneider, F. Motte, S. Bontemps, D. Arzoumanian, M. Attard, A. Abergel, J. -P. Baluteau, J. -Ph. Bernard, L. Cambrésy, P. Cox, J. Di Francesco, A. M. di Giorgio, M. Griffin, P. Hargrave, M. Huang, J. Kirk, J. Z. Li, P. Martin, V. Minier, M. -A. Miville-Deschênes, S. Molinari, G. Olofsson, S. Pezzuto, H. Roussel, D. Russeil, P. Saraceno, M. Sauvage, B. Sibthorpe, L. Spinoglio, L. Testi, D. Ward-Thompson, G. White, C. D. Wilson, A. Woodcraft, A. Zavagno
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7 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Herschel Special Issue.
Our PACS and SPIRE images of the Aquila Rift and part of the Polaris Flare regions, taken during the science demonstration phase of Herschel discovered fascinating, omnipresent filamentary structures that appear to be physically related to compact cores. We briefly describe a new multi-scale, multi-wavelength source extraction method used to detect objects and measure their parameters in our Herschel images. All of the extracted starless cores (541 in Aquila and 302 in Polaris) appear to form in the long and very narrow filaments. With its combination of the far-IR resolution and sensitivity, Herschel directly reveals the filaments in which the dense cores are embedded; the filaments are resolved and have deconvolved widths of 35 arcsec in Aquila and 59 arcsec in Polaris (9000 AU in both regions). Our first results of observations with Herschel enable us to suggest that in general dense cores may originate in a process of fragmentation of complex networks of long, thin filaments, likely formed as a result of an interplay between gravity, interstellar turbulence, and magnetic fields. To unravel the roles of the processes, one has to obtain additional kinematic and polarization information; these follow-up observations are planned.
TRAO Survey of the Nearby Filamentary Molecular Clouds, the Universal Nursery of Stars (TRAO-FUNS). IV. Filaments and Dense Cores in the W40 and Serpens South Regions of Aquila
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute（韩国天文与空间科学研究院）；University of Science and Technology（科学技术大学）；Indian Institute of Astrophysics（印度天体物理研究所）；Pondicherry University（本地治里大学）；Seoul National University（首尔大学）
HI filaments as potential compass needles? Comparing the magnetic field structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud to the orientation of GASKAP-HI filaments
