Probing the core of Cepheus A - Millimeter and submillimeter observations

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Jun 1991

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 374, June 10, 1991, p. 169-176. Queen's University-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Emission Spectra, Millimeter Waves, Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Submillimeter Waves, Cepheus Constellation, Interstellar Matter

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Moderate and high angular resolution (40-7 arcsec) maps are presented of the core of the Cepheus A star-forming region using CS J = 3-2 and J = 7-6 emission, which traces the dense gas component of the cloud core, and using far-infrared (450 and 800 microns) continuum emission tracing the warm dust component. Three regimes in the core are traced by these observations: (1) a small (about 0.14 pc), nearly circular central core of high density (1-10 x 10 to the 6th/cu cm) and temperature (30-100 K) containing at least 25 percent of the mass and which contains the active early-type star formation; (2) an extended (0.5 x 0.25 pc), NE-SW oriented core of mass 200-300 solar masses, temperature 30-40 K, and average density nH2 of about 10 to the 5th/cu cm and which, together with the central core, contains 60-80 percent of the total core mass; and (3) an extended core envelope of dimensions 0.5 x 0.85 pc oriented primarily north-south, and a lower density. The velocity structure of the core suggests that it is being disrupted by the high-velocity winds driving the molecular outflow and is not due to a rotating circumstellar disk.

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