English

TIMES II: Investigating the Relation Between Turbulence and Star-forming Environments in Molecular Clouds

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2021-07-29 v1

Abstract

We investigate the effect of star formation on turbulence in the Orion A and Ophiuchus clouds using principal component analysis (PCA). We measure the properties of turbulence by applying PCA on the spectral maps in 13^{13}CO, C18^{18}O, HCO+^+ J=J=1-0, and CS J=J=2-1. First, the scaling relations derived from PCA of the 13^{13}CO maps show that the velocity difference (δv\delta v) for a given spatial scale (LL) is the highest in the integral shaped filament (ISF) and L1688, where the most active star formation occurs in the two clouds. The δv\delta v increases with the number density and total bolometric luminosity of the protostars in the sub-regions. Second, in the ISF and L1688 regions, the δv\delta v of C18^{18}O, HCO+^+, and CS are generally higher than that of 13^{13}CO, which implies that the dense gas is more turbulent than the diffuse gas in the star-forming regions; stars form in dense gas, and dynamical activities associated with star formation, such as jets and outflows, can provide energy into the surrounding gas to enhance turbulent motions.

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@article{arxiv.2107.13323,
  title  = {TIMES II: Investigating the Relation Between Turbulence and Star-forming Environments in Molecular Clouds},
  author = {Hyeong-Sik Yun and Jeong-Eun Lee and Neal J. Evans and Stella S. R. Offner and Mark H. Heyer and Jungyeon Cho and Brandt A. L. Gaches and Yao-Lun Yang and How-Huan Chen and Yunhee Choi and Yong-Hee Lee and Giseon Baek and Minho Choi and Jongsoo Kim and Hyunwoo Kang and Seokho Lee and Ken'ichi Tatematsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.13323},
  year   = {2021}
}

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29 pages, 17 figures, 7 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ