High-mass starless clumps from ATLASGAL & SEDIGISM Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Huang Bo
  2. Wang Ke
  3. Girart J.M.
  4. Jiao W.
  5. He Q.
  6. Liang E.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

In order to study the initial conditions of massive star formation, we have previously built a sample of 463 high-mass starless clumps (HMSCs) across the inner Galactic plane covered by multiple continuum surveys. Here, we use ^13^CO(2-1) line data from the SEDIGISM survey, which covers 78{deg} in longitude (-60{deg}<l<18{deg}, |b|<0.5{deg}) with 30" resolution, to investigate the global dynamical state of these parsec-scale HMSCs (207 sources with good-quality data, mass 10^2^-10^5^M_{sun}_, size 0.1-3.6pc). We find that most HMSCs are highly turbulent with a median Mach number M_S_~8.2, and 44%-55% of them are gravitationally bound (with virial parameter {alpha}_vir_<~2) if no magnetic fields are present. A median magnetic field strength of 0.33-0.37mG would be needed to support these bound clumps against collapse, in agreement with previous observations of magnetic fields in regions of massive star formation. Luminosity-to-mass ratio, an important tracer of evolutionary stage, is strongly correlated with dust temperature. Magnetic field strength is also correlated with density. The Larson line width-size scaling does not hold in HMSCs. This study advances our understanding of the global properties of HMSCs, and our high-resolution observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array are in progress to study the resolved properties.

Keywords
  1. interstellar-medium
  2. co-line-emission
  3. surveys
  4. magnetic-fields
  5. molecular-clouds
  6. galaxy-kinematics
  7. galaxy-planes
  8. milky-way-galaxy
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2023ApJ...949...46H
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2025-07-22T13:44:20Z
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2025-07-22T13:44:20Z
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