Millimetre continuum observations of southern massive star formation regions. I. SIMBA observations of cold cores

Details Millimetre continuum observations of southern massive star formation regions. I. SIMBA observations of cold cores Millimetre continuum observations of southern massive star formation regions. I. SIMBA observations of cold cores

2005-06-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506402v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 363 (2005) 405-451

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

29 pages + 20 page image appendix (not included here), 5 figures. Submitted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09347.x

We report the results of a SEST 1.2 mm continuum emission survey toward regions previously identified as harbouring a methanol maser and/or an UC HII region, typically indicative of massive star formation. Emission is detected toward all of the methanol maser and UC HII regions targeted, implying that these objescts are associated with cold, deeply embedded objects. We have also identified a large number (253) of sources within the SIMBA maps, which are devoid of maser and radio continuum emission. These `mm-only' cores may be an entirely new class of source that represents an earlier stage in the evolution of massive stars, prior to the onset of methanol maser emission. Or, they may harbour protoclusters, which do not contain any high mass stars (i.e. below the HII). Alternatively, they may represent a cross-section of both, where the more massive mm-only cores are a precursor to the methanol maser and the least massive mm-only cores will form intermediate mass stars. Analysis of the mm-only sources shows that they are less massive ({\= M} = 0.9 x 10^{3} Msun), and smaller ({\= R} = 0.4 pc) than sources with methanol maser and/or radio continuum emission, which collectively have a mean mass of 2.5 x 10^{3} Msun and a mean radius of 0.7 pc.

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