A search for T Tauri stars in high-latitude molecular clouds. 2: The IRAS Faint Source Survey catalog

Details A search for T Tauri stars in high-latitude molecular clouds. 2: The IRAS Faint Source Survey catalog A search for T Tauri stars in high-latitude molecular clouds. 2: The IRAS Faint Source Survey catalog

Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apjs...96..159m&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 96, no. 1, p. 159-173

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Catalogs, Faint Objects, Molecular Clouds, T Tauri Stars, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Ophiuchi Clouds, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Star Distribution

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We present a catalog of infrared point sources from the IRAS Faint Source Survey at Galactic latitudes the absolute magnitude of b is greater than or equal to 30 deg. The aim of this paper is to provide a list of possible star-forming sites at high Galactic latitudes in order to address the question of whether or not the translucent molecular clouds (which are most easily identified at high latitudes) are capable of star formation. The primary list of sources has 12, 25, 60, and 100 micron fluxes within the range typical of pre-main-sequence or T Tauri stars. A secondary list has the same range of 12, 25, and 60 micron fluxes, but only upper limits at 100 microns. A total of 127 candidates from the first category and 65 candidates from the second category are identified and their positions and infrared spectral characteristics tabulated. Although the colors and fluxes of these sources are typical of T Tauri or pre-main-sequence stars and YSOs, extragalactic sources and planetary nebulae sometimes have similar colors. These lists provide a starting point for optical spectroscopy or other techniques to positively identify these objects. We can determine an upper limit to the star forming efficiency of high-latitude molecular clouds assuming all the candidates in our sample are pre-main sequence stars of one solar mass. The upper limit of a few tenths of 1% is less than the star-forming efficiency of local dark cloud complexes such as the Taurus-Auriga or rho Ophiuchus clouds.

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