A C$^{18}$O study of the origin of the power-law nature in the IMF

Details A C$^{18}$O study of the origin of the power-law nature in the IMF A C$^{18}$O study of the origin of the power-law nature in the IMF

2009-10-15

arxiv.org/abs/0910.2757v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

17 pages, 4 figures

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We have performed C$^{18}$O ($J$=1--0) mapping observations of a $20'\times20'$ area of the OMC-1 region in the Orion A cloud. We identified 65 C$^{18}$O cores, which have mean radius, velocity width in FWHM, and LTE mass of 0.18$\pm$0.03 pc, 0.40$\pm$0.15 km s$^{-1}$, and 7.2$\pm$4.5 $M_\odot$, respectively. All the cores are most likely to be gravitationally bound by considering the uncertainty in the C$^{18}$O abundance. We derived a C$^{18}$O core mass function, which shows a power-law-like behavior above 5 $M_\odot$. The best-fit power-law index of $-2.3\pm0.3$ is consistent with those of the dense core mass functions and the stellar initial mass function (IMF) previously derived in the OMC-1 region. This agreement strongly suggests that the power-law form of the IMF has been already determined at the density of $\sim10^{3}$ cm$^{-3}$, traced by the C$^{18}$O ($J$=1--0) line.

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