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标题：Molecular globules in the Veil bubble of Orion
其他标题：IRAM 30 m12CO,13CO, and C18O (2–1) expanded maps of Orion A★
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作者：J. R. Goicoechea ; C. H. M. Pabst ; S. Kabanovic 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2020
卷号：639
页码：1-18
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/202037455
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：Strong winds and ultraviolet (UV) radiation from O-type stars disrupt and ionize their molecular core birthplaces, sweeping up material into parsec-size shells. Owing to dissociation by starlight, the thinnest shells are expected to host low molecular abundances and therefore little star formation. Here, we expand previous maps made with observations using the IRAM 30 m telescope (at 11″ ≃ 4500 AU resolution) and present square-degree12CO and13CO (J= 2–1) maps of the wind-driven “Veil bubble” that surrounds the Trapezium cluster and its natal Orion molecular core (OMC). Although widespread and extended CO emission is largely absent from the Veil, we show that several CO “globules” exist that are blueshifted in velocity with respect to OMC and are embedded in the [C II] 158μm-bright shell that confines the bubble. This includes the first detection of quiescent CO at negative local standard of rest velocities in Orion. Given the harsh UV irradiation conditions in this translucent material, the detection of CO globules is surprising. These globules are small (Rg= 7100 AU), not massive (Mg= 0.3M⊙), and are moderately dense:nH= 4 × 104cm−3(median values). They are confined by the external pressure of the shell,Pext∕k≳ 107cm−3K, and are likely magnetically supported. They are either transient objects formed by instabilities or have detached from pre-existing molecular structures, sculpted by the passing shock associated with the expanding shell and by UV radiation from the Trapezium. Some represent the first stages in the formation of small pillars, others of isolated small globules. Although their masses (Mg
关键词：Key wordsengalaxies: ISMHII regionsISM: bubblesISM: cloudsISM: individual objects: Orion