Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...402..216x&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 402, no. 1, p. 216-225.
Statistics
Computation
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Cosmic Dust, Emission Spectra, Interstellar Extinction, Star Formation, Molecular Clouds, Temperature Distribution
Scientific paper
The FIR spectra of the central IR condensations in the dense cores of molecular clouds AFGL 2591. B335, L1551, Mon R2, and Sgr B2 are reanalyzed here in terms of the distribution of dust mass as a function of temperature. FIR spectra of these objects can be characterized reasonably well by a given functional form. The general shapes of the dust temperature distributions of these objects are similar and closely resemble the theoretical computations of de Muizon and Rouan (1985) for a sample of 'hot centered' clouds with active star formation. Specifically, the model yields a 'cutoff' temperature below which essentially no dust is needed to interpret the dust emission spectra, and most of the dust mass is distributed in a broad temperature range of a few tens of degrees above the cutoff temperature. Mass, luminosity, average temperature, and column density are obtained, and it is found that the physical quantities differ considerably from source to source in a meaningful way.
Goldsmith Paul F.
Snell Ronald L.
Xie Taoling
Zhou Weimin
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