J/A+A/440/151 Observations at 850um in Perseus clusters (Hatchell+, 2005)
Star formation in Perseus.
Clusters, filaments and the conditions for star formation.
Hatchell J., Richer J.S., Fuller G.A., Qualtrough C.J., Ladd E.F.,
Chandler C.J.
<Astron. Astrophys., 440, 151-161 (2005)>
=2005A&A...440..151H 2005A&A...440..151H (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Molecular clouds ; Spectra, millimetric/submm
Keywords: stars: formation - submillimeter - dust, extinction - ISM: molecules -
ISM: clouds - ISM: structure
Abstract:
We present a complete survey of current star formation in the Perseus
molecular cloud, made at 850 and 450µ with SCUBA at the JCMT.
Covering 3deg2, this submillimetre continuum survey for protostellar
activity is second in size only to that of rho Ophiuchus (Johnstone et
al., 2004ApJ...611L..45J 2004ApJ...611L..45J). Complete above 0.4M☉ (5σ
detection in a 14" beam), we detect a total of 91 protostars and
pre-stellar cores. Of these, 80% lie in clusters, representative of
star formation across the Galaxy. Two of the groups of cores are
associated with the young stellar clusters IC 348 and NGC 1333, and
are consistent with a steady or reduced star formation rate in the
last 0.5Myr, but not an increasing one. In Perseus, 40-60% of cores
are in small clusters (<50M☉) and isolated objects, much more
than the 10% suggested from infrared studies. Complementing the dust
continuum, we present a C18O map of the whole cloud at 1' resolution.
Description:
Images of Perseus were obtained at 850 and 450µm using SCUBA on the
JCMT during 20 nights between 1999 and 2003.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
tablea1.dat 73 91 SCUBA 850µm core positions, names and
references, peak 850µm fluxes and C18O
integrated intensity at the submm peak position
refs.dat 130 18 References
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See also:
J/A+A/359/113 : X-ray and IR study of Rho Oph dark cloud (Grosso+, 2000)
J/PASJ/55/653 : Chandra X-ray flares in rho Ophiuchi (Imanishi+, 2003)
J/A+A/429/963 : XMM-Newton observation of the rho Oph cloud (Ozawa+, 2005)
J/A+A/430/549 : C18O/C17O near rho Oph (Wouterloot+, 2005)
J/ApJ/630/381 : Mid-IR imaging in ρ Oph (Barsony+, 2005)
J/A+A/447/609 : mm continuum obs. in rho Oph cloud (Stanke+, 2006)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: tablea1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- [HRF2005] Sequential number
4- 5 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
7- 8 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
10- 13 F4.1 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
15 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
16- 17 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
19- 20 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
22- 23 I2 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
25- 32 A8 --- Cluster Cluster name (1)
34 A1 --- n_Cluster [ab] a = B5 pair, b = B1 west pair
36- 57 A22 --- Name Names from previous detections
59- 63 A5 --- r_Name Reference for previous detections (3)
65- 68 I4 mJy F850um SCUBA 850µm peak flux (14" beam),
in mJy/beam
70- 72 F3.1 K.km/s I(C18O) ? C18O integrated intensity (1' beam
averaged) at the 850um peak
73 A1 --- u_I(C18O) [?] SCUBA peak which lies outside the
C18O map.
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Note (1): If the core satisfies the cluster membership criterion (Sect. 3)
then the cluster name is given here.
Note (3): References are to the earliest previous detection of the
submillimetre source. Full cross-identifications with sources at other
wavelengths are non-trivial due to differing beam sizes and are left
for a future analysis, but to indicate an obvious likely counterpart
(e.g., IRAS), "No SMM/MM source" is marked in the "Name" column
instead of "None".
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- Ref Reference number
4- 22 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
24- 41 A18 --- Aut Author's name
44-130 A87 --- Com Comments
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 27-Jul-2006