ALMA-IMF
ÁLVAREZ-GUTIÉRREZ, R.
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
SANDOVAL-GARRIDO, N.
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
ÁLVAREZ-GUTIÉRREZ, R.
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
SANDOVAL-GARRIDO, N.
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
GALVÁN-MADRID, R.
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán 58089, México
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán 58089, México
SANHUEZA, P.
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
BONFAND, M.
Departments of Astronomy and Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Departments of Astronomy and Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
GINSBURG, A.
Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112055, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112055, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
BAUG, T.
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700106, India
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700106, India
BRONFMAN, L.
Astronomy Department, Universidad de Chile, Camino El Observa- torio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Astronomy Department, Universidad de Chile, Camino El Observa- torio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
BUSQUET, G.
Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica (FQA), Universitat de Barcelona (UB ), Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica (FQA), Universitat de Barcelona (UB ), Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
DÍAZ-GONZÁLEZ, D.
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán 58089, México
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán 58089, México
FERNANDEZ-LOPEZ, M.
Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (CCT-La Plata, CONICET; CICPBA), C.C. No. 5, 1894, Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (CCT-La Plata, CONICET; CICPBA), C.C. No. 5, 1894, Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
OLGUIN, F.
Institute of Astronomy and Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Institute of Astronomy and Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A. 2024-09-04, vol. 689, p. A74
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The ALMA-IMF Large Program provides multi-tracer observations of 15 Galactic massive protoclusters at a matched sensitivity and spatial resolution. We focus on the dense gas kinematics of the G353.41 protocluster traced ...Lire la suite >
The ALMA-IMF Large Program provides multi-tracer observations of 15 Galactic massive protoclusters at a matched sensitivity and spatial resolution. We focus on the dense gas kinematics of the G353.41 protocluster traced by N 2 H + (1−0), with a spatial resolution of ~0.02 pc. G353.41, at a distance of ~2kpc, is embedded in a larger-scale (~8 pc) filament and has a mass of ~2.5 × 10 3 M ⊙ within 1.3 × 1.3 pc 2 . We extracted the N 2 H + (1−0) isolated line component and decomposed it by fitting up to three Gaussian velocity components. This allows us to identify velocity structures that are either muddled or impossible to identify in the traditional position-velocity diagram. We identify multiple velocity gradients on large (~1 pc) and small scales (~0.2pc). We find good agreement between the N 2 H + velocities and the previously reported DCN core velocities, suggesting that cores are kinematically coupled with the dense gas in which they form. We have measured nine converging “V-shaped” velocity gradients (VGs) (~20 km s −1 pc −1 ) that are well resolved (sizes ~0.1 pc), mostly located in filaments, which are sometimes associated with cores near their point of convergence. We interpret these V-shapes as inflowing gas feeding the regions near cores (the immediate sites of star formation). We estimated the timescales associated with V-shapes as VG −1 , and we interpret them as inflow timescales. The average inflow timescale is ~67 kyr, or about twice the free-fall time of cores in the same area (~33 kyr) but substantially shorter than protostar lifetime estimates (~0.5 Myr). We derived mass accretion rates in the range of (0.35–8.77) × 10 −4 M ⊙ yr −1 . This feeding might lead to further filament collapse and the formation of new cores. We suggest that the protocluster is collapsing on large scales, but the velocity signature of collapse is slow compared to pure free-fall. Thus, these data are consistent with a comparatively slow global protocluster contraction under gravity, and faster core formation within, suggesting the formation of multiple generations of stars over the protocluster’s lifetime.< Réduire
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