Johnston, KG, Shepherd, DS, Aguirre, JE et al. (3 more authors) (2009) Ionized Gas Towards Molecular Clumps: Physical Properties of Massive Star Forming Regions. The Astrophysical Journal, 707 (1). pp. 283-309. ISSN 0004-637X
Abstract
We have conducted a search for ionized gas at 3.6 cm, using the Very Large Array, toward 31 Galactic intermediate- and high-mass clumps detected in previous millimeter continuum observations. In the 10 observed fields, 35 H II regions are identified, of which 20 are newly discovered. Many of the H II regions are multiply peaked indicating the presence of a cluster of massive stars. We find that the ionized gas tends to be associated toward the millimeter clumps; of the 31 millimeter clumps observed, nine of these appear to be physically related to ionized gas, and a further six have ionized gas emission within 1'. For clumps with associated ionized gas, the combined mass of the ionizing massive stars is compared to the clump masses to provide an estimate of the instantaneous star formation efficiency. These values range from a few percent to 25%, and have an average of 7% ± 8%. We also find a correlation between the clump mass and the mass of the ionizing massive stars within it, which is consistent with a power law. This result is comparable to the prediction of star formation by competitive accretion that a power-law relationship exists between the mass of the most massive star in a cluster and the total mass of the remaining stars.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2009, The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | circumstellar matter; H ii regions; radio continuum: stars; stars: formation; stars: winds, outflows |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Astrophysics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2017 14:14 |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2017 14:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/283 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Astronomical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/283 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112366 |