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milky way南部的巨分子云和大质量恒星形成

Giant molecular clouds and massive star formation in the southern milky way

P. Garcia, L. Bronfman, L. Nyman, T. M. Dame

摘要:

哥伦比亚大学。智利的南银河CO巡天是用来将太阳圈内银河系第四象限的CO(1-0)排放分离成其主要成分--巨分子云(GMC)。在减去一个轴对称模型的CO背景辐射在南银河系内部,92 GMC的识别,其中87个解决了双重距离模糊。它们的总分子质量为M(H2)= 1.14 +/- 0.05 x 10^8 Msolar,约占银河系盘中H2体积密度轴对称分析估算的分子质量的40%(布朗夫曼等人,1988 b)M(H2)盘= 3.03 x 10^8 Msolar。大规模的螺旋结构在南银河系,在太阳圈内,跟踪的GMC在我们的目录中,3个螺旋臂部分:半人马座,诺玛,和3 kpc的扩展臂进行了分析。在将对数螺旋臂模型拟合到臂之后,分别在310°、330°和338°处发现切线方向,与文献中的先前值一致。利用CS(2-1)对具有UC HII区FIR颜色特征的IRAS点状源进行了全面观测,估算了大质量恒星形成率(MSFR)和大质量恒星形成效率。GMC的平均MSFR为0.41 +/- 0.06 Lsolar/Msolar,对于Norma臂中最大质量的云,它是0.58 +/- 0.09 Lsolar/Msolar。大质量的恒星形成效率的GMCs平均为3%的可用分子质量。

英文摘要:

The Columbia - U. de Chile CO Survey of the Southern Milky Way is used for separating the CO(1-0) emission of the fourth Galactic quadrant within the solar circle into its dominant components, giant molecular clouds (GMCs). After the subtraction of an axisymmetric model of the CO background emission in the inner Southern Galaxy, 92 GMCs are identified, and for 87 of them the two-fold distance ambiguity is solved. Their total molecular mass is M(H2) = 1.14 +/- 0.05 x 10^8 Msolar accounting for around 40% of the molecular mass estimated from an axisymmetric analysis of the H2 volume density in the Galactic disk (Bronfman et al. 1988b) M(H2) disk = 3.03 x 10^8 Msolar. The large scale spiral structure in the Southern Galaxy, within the solar circle, is traced by the GMCs in our catalog; 3 spiral arm segments: the Centaurus, Norma, and 3-kpc expanding arm are analyzed. After fitting a logarithmic spiral arm model to the arms, tangent directions at 310°, 330°, and 338°, respectively, are found, consistent with previous values from the literature. A complete CS(2-1) survey toward IRAS point-like sources with FIR colors characteristic of UC HII regions is used to estimate the massive star formation rate per unit H2 mass (MSFR), and the massive star formation efficiency for GMCs. The average MSFR for GMCs is 0.41 +/- 0.06 Lsolar/Msolar, and for the most massive clouds in the Norma arm it is 0.58 +/- 0.09 Lsolar/Msolar. Massive star formation efficiencies of GMCs are on average 3% of their available molecular mass.

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