Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-03-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
24 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ, May 2001
Scientific paper
10.1086/320569
We present the results of 450 and 850 micron continuum mapping of the HII region KR 140 using the SCUBA instrument on the JCMT. KR 140 is a small (5.7 pc diameter) HII region at a distance of 2.3+/-0.3 kpc. Five of the six IRAS point sources near KR 140 were mapped in this study. Our analysis shows that two of these IRAS sources are embedded late B type stars lying well outside the HII region, two are a part of the dust shell surrounding the HII region, and one is the combined emission from an ensemble of smaller sources unresolved by IRAS. We have discovered a number of relatively cold submillimeter sources not visible in the IRAS data, ranging in size from 0.2 to 0.7 pc and in mass from 0.5 to 130 Msun. The distribution of masses for all sources is well characterized by a power law N(>M) ~ M^{-alpha} with alpha = 0.5 +/- 0.04, in agreement with the typical mass function for clumped structures of this scale in molecular clouds. Several of the submillimeter sources are found at the HII-molecular gas interface and have probably been formed as the result of the expansion of the HII region. Many of the submillimeter sources we detect are gravitationally bound and most of these follow a mass-size relationship expected for objects in virial equilibrium with non-thermal pressure support. Upon the loss of non-thermal support they could be sites of star formation. Along with the two B stars that we have identified as possible cluster members along with VES 735, we argue that five nearby highly-reddened stars are in a pre-main-sequence stage of evolution.
Ballantyne David R.
Johnstone Dorothy
Kerton Charles Robert
Martin Peter G.
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