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The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: a first look at Southern Orion A with SCUBA-2

Mairs, S., Johnstone, D., Kirk, H., Buckle, J., Berry, D. S., Broekhoven-Fiene, H., Currie, M. J., Fich, M., Graves, S., Hatchell, J., Jenness, T., Mottram, J. C., Nutter, D., Pattle, K., Pineda, J. E., Salji, C., Di Francesco, J., Hogerheijde, M. R., Ward-Thompson, D., Bastien, P., Bresnahan, D., Butner, H., Chen, M., Chrysostomou, A., Coudé, S., Davis, C. J., Drabek-Maunder, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3476-2260, Duarte Cabral, Ana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5259-4774, Fiege, J., Friberg, P., Friesen, R., Fuller, G. A., Greaves, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-413X, Gregson, J., Holland, W., Joncas, G., Kirk, J. M., Knee, L. B. G., Marsh, Kenneth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0107-7803, Matthews, B. C., Moriarty-Schieven, G., Mowat, C., Rawlings, J., Richer, J., Robertson, D., Rosolowsky, E., Rumble, D., Sadavoy, S., Thomas, H., Tothill, N., Viti, S., White, G. J., Wouterloot, J., Yates, J. and Zhu, M. 2016. The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: a first look at Southern Orion A with SCUBA-2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 461 (4) , pp. 4022-4048. 10.1093/mnras/stw1550

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Abstract

We present the JCMT Gould Belt Survey’s first look results of the southern extent of the Orion A Molecular Cloud (δ ≤ −5:31:27.5). Employing a two-step structure identification process, we construct individual catalogues for large-scale regions of significant emission labelled as islands and smaller-scale subregions called fragments using the 850 μm continuum maps obtained using SCUBA-2. We calculate object masses, sizes, column densities, and concentrations. We discuss fragmentation in terms of a Jeans instability analysis and highlight interesting structures as candidates for follow-up studies. Furthermore, we associate the detected emission with young stellar objects (YSOs) identified by Spitzer and Herschel. We find that although the population of active star-forming regions contains a wide variety of sizes and morphologies, there is a strong positive correlation between the concentration of an emission region and its calculated Jeans instability. There are, however, a number of highly unstable subregions in dense areas of the map that show no evidence of star formation. We find that only ∼72 per cent of the YSOs defined as Class 0+I and flat-spectrum protostars coincide with dense 850 μm emission structures (column densities >3.7 × 1021 cm−2). The remaining 28 per cent of these objects, which are expected to be embedded in dust and gas, may be misclassified. Finally, we suggest that there is an evolution in the velocity dispersion of YSOs such that sources which are more evolved are associated with higher velocities.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
Uncontrolled Keywords: stars: formation – stars: protostars – ISM: structure – submillimetre: general – submillimetre: ISM.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0035-8711
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 25 July 2017
Date of Acceptance: 24 June 2016
Last Modified: 05 Dec 2023 02:47
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/102956

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