Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986apj...307..337b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 307, Aug. 1, 1986, p. 337-349.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
447
Interstellar Gas, Molecular Clouds, Protostars, Star Formation, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, T Tauri Stars
Scientific paper
IRAS data have been used to examine the vicinity of nearly 100 dense clumps of molecular gas observed in lines of CO and NH3. More than one-third of these molecular cloud 'cores' contain infrared sources that appear to be newly formed, or forming, low mass stars. While about one-third of the infrared sources are associated with visible stars and have properties that resemble T Tauri stars, the remainder of the infrared sources have no optical counterparts and are probably embedded within the molecular cloud itself. These invisible sources lie close to the molecular cloud peaks and have cold, massive shells of material around them. Some of the cores without infrared sources have gas properties similar to those with embedded sources and so may be on the verge of gravitational collapse. The selection of the IRAS sample and its properties are described. The spectral energy distributions of the sources and their nature are discussed along with their physical properties, the properties of cores with and without infrared sources, and the time scale for the evolution of the sources.
Beichman Charles Arnold
Benson Priscilla J.
Emerson James P.
Harris Stephen
Jennings R. E.
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