Planck Early Results: The Galactic Cold Core Population revealed by the first all-sky survey
Abstract
We present the statistical properties of the first version of the Cold Core Catalogue of Planck Objects (C3PO), in terms of their spatial distribution, temperature, distance, mass, and morphology. We also describe the statistics of the Early Cold Core Catalogue (ECC, delivered with the Early Release Compact Source Catalogue, ERCSC) that is the subset of the 915 most reliable detections of the complete catalogue. We have used the CoCoCoDeT algorithm to extract 10783 cold sources. Temperature and dust emission spectral index {\beta} values are derived using the fluxes in the IRAS 100 \mum band and the three highest frequency Planck bands. Temperature spans from 7K to 17K, and peaks around 13K. Data are not consistent with a constant value of {\beta} over the all temperature range. {\beta} ranges from 1.4 to 2.8 with a mean value around 2.1, and several possible scenarios are possible, including {\beta}(T) and the effect of multiple T components folded into the measurements. For one third of the objects the distances are obtained. Most of the detections are within 2 kpc in the Solar neighbourhood, but a few are at distances greater than 4 kpc. The cores are distributed from the deep Galactic plane, despite the confusion, to high latitudes (>30). The associated mass estimates range from 1 to solar masses. Using their physical properties these cold sources are shown to be cold clumps, defined as the intermediate cold sub-structures between clouds and cores. These cold clumps are not isolated but mostly organized in filaments associated with molecular clouds. The Cold Core Catalogue of Planck Objects (C3PO) is the first unbiased all-sky catalogue of cold objects. It gives an unprecedented statistical view to the properties of these potential pre-stellar clumps and offers a unique possibility for their classification in terms of their intrinsic properties and environment.
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@article{arxiv.1101.2035,
title = {Planck Early Results: The Galactic Cold Core Population revealed by the first all-sky survey},
author = {Planck Collaboration and P. A. R. Ade and N. Aghanim and M. Arnaud and M. Ashdown and J. Aumont and C. Baccigalupi and A. Balbi and A. J. Banday and R. B. Barreiro and J. G. Bartlett and E. Battaner and K. Benabed and A. Benoît and J. -P. Bernard and M. Bersanelli and R. Bhatia and J. J. Bock and A. Bonaldi and J. R. Bond and J. Borrill and F. R. Bouchet and F. Boulanger and M. Bucher and C. Burigana and P. Cabella and C. M. Cantalupo and J. -F. Cardoso and A. Catalano and L. Cayón and A. Challinor and A. Chamballu and R. -R. Chary and L. -Y Chiang and P. R. Christensen and D. L. Clements and S. Colombi and F. Couchot and A. Coulais and B. P. Crill and F. Cuttaia and L. Danese and R. D. Davies and R. J. Davis and P. de Bernardis and G. de Gasperis and A. de Rosa and G. de Zotti and J. Delabrouille and J. -M. Delouis and F. -X. Désert and C. Dickinson and K. Dobashi and S. Donzelli and O. Doré and U. Dörl and M. Douspis and X. Dupac and G. Efstathiou and T. A. Enßlin and E. Falgarone and F. Finelli and O. Forni and M. Frailis and E. Franceschi and S. Galeotta and K. Ganga and M. Giard and G. Giardino and Y. Giraud-Héraud and J. González-Nuevo and K. M. Górski and S. Gratton and A. Gregorio and A. Gruppuso and F. K. Hansen and D. Harrison and G. Helou and S. Henrot-Versillé and D. Herranz and S. R. Hildebrandt and E. Hivon and M. Hobson and W. A. Holmes and W. Hovest and R. J. Hoyland and K. M. Huffenberger and A. H. Jaffe and G. Joncas and W. C. Jones and M. Juvela and E. Keihänen and R. Keskitalo and T. S. Kisner and R. Kneissl and L. Knox and H. Kurki-Suonio and G. Lagache and J. -M. Lamarre and A. Lasenby and R. J. Laureijs and C. R. Lawrence and S. Leach and R. Leonardi and C. Leroy and M. Linden-Vørnle and M. López-Caniego and P. M. Lubin and J. F. Macías-Pérez and C. J. MacTavish and B. Maffei and N. Mandolesi and R. Mann and M. Maris and D. J. Marshall and P. Martin and E. Martínez-González and G. Marton and S. Masi and S. Matarrese and F. Matthai and P. Mazzotta and P. McGehee and A. Melchiorri and L. Mendes and A. Mennella and S. Mitra and M. -A. Miville-Deschênes and A. Moneti and L. Montier and G. Morgante and D. Mortlock and D. Munshi and A. Murphy and P. Naselsky and F. Nati and P. Natoli and C. B. Netterfield and H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen and F. Noviello and D. Novikov and I. Novikov and S. Osborne and F. Pajot and R. Paladini and F. Pasian and G. Patanchon and T. J. Pearson and V. -M. Pelkonen and O. Perdereau and L. Perotto and F. Perrotta and F. Piacentini and M. Piat and S. Plaszczynski and E. Pointecouteau and G. Polenta and N. Ponthieu and T. Poutanen and G. Prézeau and S. Prunet and J. -L. Puget and W. T. Reach and R. Rebolo and M. Reinecke and C. Renault and S. Ricciardi and T. Riller and I. Ristorcelli and G. Rocha and C. Rosset and M. Rowan-Robinson and J. A. Rubiño-Martín and B. Rusholme and M. Sandri and D. Santos and G. Savini and D. Scott and M. D. Seiffert and G. F. Smoot and J. -L. Starck and F. Stivoli and V. Stolyarov and R. Sudiwala and J. -F. Sygnet and J. A. Tauber and L. Terenzi and L. Toffolatti and M. Tomasi and J. -P. Torre and V. Toth and M. Tristram and J. Tuovinen and G. Umana and L. Valenziano and P. Vielva and F. Villa and N. Vittorio and L. A. Wade and B. D. Wandelt and N. Ysard and D. Yvon and A. Zacchei and S. Zahorecz and A. Zonca},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2035},
year = {2016}
}
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This paper is part of package of Planck early papers, labelled in their title by "Planck Early results:..." Corresponding Author: L. Montier ([email protected])