X Marks the Spot: Nexus of Filaments, Cores, and Outflows in a Young Star-forming Region
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Univ Arizona, Steward ObservIssue Date
2017-05-15Keywords
extinctionISM: clouds
ISM: jets and outflows
ISM: kinematics and dynamics
ISM: structure
stars: formation
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X Marks the Spot: Nexus of Filaments, Cores, and Outflows in a Young Star-forming Region 2017, 840 (2):119 The Astrophysical JournalJournal
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
We present a multiwavelength investigation of a region of a nearby giant molecular cloud that is distinguished by a minimal level of star formation activity. With our new (CO)-C-12(J = 2-1) and (CO)-C-13(J = 2-1) observations of a remote region within the middle of the California molecular cloud, we aim to investigate the relationship between filaments, cores, and a molecular outflow in a relatively pristine environment. An extinction map of the region from Herschel Space Observatory observations reveals the presence of two 2 pc long filaments radiating from a highextinction clump. Using the (CO)-C-13 observations, we show that the filaments have coherent velocity gradients and that their mass-per-unit-lengths may exceed the critical value above which filaments are gravitationally unstable. The region exhibits structure with eight cores, at least one of which is a starless, prestellar core. We identify a low-velocity, low-mass molecular outflow that may be driven by a flat spectrum protostar. The outflow does not appear to be responsible for driving the turbulence in the core with which it is associated, nor does it provide significant support against gravitational collapse.ISSN
1538-4357Version
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National Science Foundation; Harvard-MIT FFL Postdoctoral FellowshipAdditional Links
http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/840/i=2/a=119?key=crossref.4914c213d16e37a6d37144770d651698ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3847/1538-4357/aa6d74