We report new similar to 1000 au spatial resolution observations of 225 GHz dust continuum emission toward the OB cluster-forming molecular clump G33.92+0.11. On parsec scales, this molecular clump presents a morphology with several arm-like dense gas structures surrounding the two central massive (greater than or similar to 100 M-circle dot) cores. From the new higher resolution observations, we identified 28 localized, spatially compact dust continuum emission sources, which may be candidates of young stellar objects (YSOs). Only one of them is not embedded within known armlike (or elongated) dense gas structures. The spatial separations of these compact sources can be very well explained by Jeans lengths. We found that G33.92+0.11 may be consistently described by a marginally centrifugally supported, Toomre unstable accretion flow that is approximately in a face-on projection. The arm-like overdensities are a natural consequence of the Toomre instability, which can fragment to form YSOs in shorter timescales than the timescale of the global clump contraction. On our resolved spatial scales, there is no evidence yet that the fragmentation is halted by turbulence, the magnetic field, or stellar feedback.
Hauyu Baobab Liu, Huei-Ru Vivien Chen, Carlos G. Román-Zúñiga, Roberto Galván-Madrid, Adam Ginsburg, Paul T. P. Ho, et al. (2019). Investigating Fragmentation of Gas Structures in OB Cluster-forming Molecular Clump G33.92+0.11 with 1000 au Resolution Observations of ALMA. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 871(2), 185-197 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaf6b4].
Investigating Fragmentation of Gas Structures in OB Cluster-forming Molecular Clump G33.92+0.11 with 1000 au Resolution Observations of ALMA
Leonardo Testi;
2019
Abstract
We report new similar to 1000 au spatial resolution observations of 225 GHz dust continuum emission toward the OB cluster-forming molecular clump G33.92+0.11. On parsec scales, this molecular clump presents a morphology with several arm-like dense gas structures surrounding the two central massive (greater than or similar to 100 M-circle dot) cores. From the new higher resolution observations, we identified 28 localized, spatially compact dust continuum emission sources, which may be candidates of young stellar objects (YSOs). Only one of them is not embedded within known armlike (or elongated) dense gas structures. The spatial separations of these compact sources can be very well explained by Jeans lengths. We found that G33.92+0.11 may be consistently described by a marginally centrifugally supported, Toomre unstable accretion flow that is approximately in a face-on projection. The arm-like overdensities are a natural consequence of the Toomre instability, which can fragment to form YSOs in shorter timescales than the timescale of the global clump contraction. On our resolved spatial scales, there is no evidence yet that the fragmentation is halted by turbulence, the magnetic field, or stellar feedback.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.