Molecular clouds in southern HII regions Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Yamaguchi R.
  2. Saito H.
  3. Mizuno N.
  4. Mine Y.
  5. Mizuno A.
  6. Ogawa H.
  7. Fukui Y.
  8. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We have carried out extensive ^13^CO(J=1-0) observations toward 23 southern H II regions associated with bright-rimmed clouds. In total, 95 molecular clouds have been identified to be associated with the H II regions. Among the 95, 57 clouds are found to be associated with 204 IRAS point sources which are candidates for young stellar objects. There is a significant increase of star-formation efficiency on the side facing to the H II regions; the luminosity-to-mass ratio, defined as the ratio of the stellar luminosity to the molecular cloud mass, is higher by an order of magnitude on the near side of the H II regions than that on the. far side. This indicates that molecular gas facing to the H II regions is more actively forming massive stars whose luminosity is ~>10^3^L_{sun}_. In addition, the number density of the IRAS point sources increases by a factor of 2 on the near side of the H II regions compared with on the far side. These results strongly suggest that the active formation of massive stars on the near side of the H II regions is due to the effects of the H II regions, such as the compression of molecular material by the ionization/shock fronts. For the whole Galaxy, we estimate that the present star-formation rate under such effects is at least 0.2-0.4M_{sun}_/yr, corresponding to a few 10% by mass.

Keywords
  1. h-ii-regions
  2. molecular-clouds
  3. infrared-sources
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1999PASJ...51..791Y
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2006-01-12T09:02:16Z
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2006-01-12T09:02:16Z
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