A 13CO and C18O Survey of the Molecular Gas Around Young Stellar Clusters Within 1kpc of the Sun

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2003-03-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303401v1

Astron.J. 126 (2003) 286

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

52 pages, 29 figures. Accepted for publication in AJ. Some figures have been reduced in resolution, a full resolution version

Scientific paper

10.1086/375455

As the first step of a multi-wavelength investigation into the relationship between young stellar clusters and their environment we present fully-sampled maps in the J=1--0 lines of 13CO and C18O and the J=2--1 line of C18O for a selected group of thirty young stellar groups and clusters within 1kpc of the Sun. This is the first systematic survey of these regions to date. The clusters range in size from several stars to a few hundred stars. Thirty fields ranging in size from 8'x 8' to 60'x 30' were mapped with 47'' resolution simultaneously in the J=1-0 lines with Five College Radio Observatory. Seventeen sources were mapped over fields ranging in size from 3'x 3' to 13'x 13' in the J=2--1 line with 35'' resolution with the Heinrich Hertz Telescope. We compare the cloud properties derived from each of the three tracers in order to better understand systematic uncertainties in determing masses and linewidths. Cloud masses are determined independently using the 13CO and C18O transitions, these masses range from 30 to 4000 M_sun. Finally, we present a simple morphological classification scheme which may serve as a rough indicator of cloud evolution.

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