High Mass Starless Cores

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2005-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508421v1

Astrophys.J.634:L57-L60,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, to be published in ApJL, author names replaced with comma separation

Scientific paper

10.1086/498644

We report the identification of a sample of potential High-Mass Starless Cores (HMSCs). The cores were discovered by comparing images of the fields containing candidate High-Mass Protostellar Objects (HMPOs) at 1.2mm and mid-infrared (8.3um; MIR) wavelengths. While the HMPOs are detected at both wavelengths, several cores emitting at 1.2mm in the same fields show absorption or no emission at the MIR wavelength. We argue that the absorption is caused by cold dust. The estimated masses of a few 10^2Msun - 10^3 Msun and the lack of IR emission suggests that they may be massive cold cores in a pre-stellar phase, which could presumably form massive stars eventually. Ammonia (1,1) and (2,2) observations of the cores indicate smaller velocity dispersions and lower rotation temperatures compared to HMPOs and UCHII regions suggesting a quiescent pre-stellar stage. We propose that these newly discovered cores are good candidates for the HMSC stage in high-mass star-formation. This sample of cores will allow us to study the high-mass star and cluster formation processes at the earliest evolutionary stages.

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