KÖNYVES, V.; ANDRÉ, Ph.; SCHNEIDER, N.; PALMEIRIM, P.; ARZOUMANIAN, D.; MEN'SHCHIKOV, A.

doi:10.1002/ASNA.201211956

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KÖNYVES, V.

ANDRÉ, Ph.
Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]

SCHNEIDER, N.
FORMATION STELLAIRE 2013

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Astronomical Notes / Astronomische Nachrichten. 2013-11, vol. 334, p. 908

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It has already been suggested that a threshold in column density - or in visual extinction - may need to be exceeded to form dense cores and then protostars. Based on Herschel Gould Belt survey results in the Aquila and Orion B molecular cloud complexes we observe clear connection between the locations of the detected prestellar cores and their background column density values. This finding appears to support a core formation scenario where such threshold corresponds to the extinction above which interstellar filaments become gravitationally unstable and fragment into cores. In these two actively star-forming regions we find the vast majority of the gravitationally bound prestellar cores above a high column density of about (6-7) × 1021 cm-2 (AV ˜ 6-7). This limit similarly appears in the column density probability distribution function (PDF) of the regions as well. The spatial distribution of the protostars and young stellar objects (YSOs) also shows a tight connection with the densest sites of both clouds, as more than 70 % of them appear above the mentioned AV thresholds. Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.< Réduire

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ISM: clouds

ISM: individual (Aquila

Orion B)

stars: formation

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Growing evidence for a core formation threshold traced in Herschel Gould Belt survey clouds

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