Dense cores in dark clouds. 10: Ammonia emission in the Perseus molecular cloud complex

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view Abstract Citations (61) References (56) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Dense Cores in Dark Clouds. X. Ammonia Emission in the Perseus Molecular Cloud Complex Ladd, E. F. ; Myers, P. C. ; Goodman, A. A. Abstract We present a survey for dense material around young IRAS sources in the Perseus molecular cloud complex in the NH3 (J, K)=(1,1) line at 1.3 cm. NH3 emission was detected in eight, and mapped in seven, out of 10 positions chosen for study. The dense cores found typically have lower masses and narrower line widths than cores previously studied in Perseus and are located near sources of lower luminosity. NH3 cores are found throughout the Perseus complex; however, much of the detected dense gas is concentrated into two filamentary 'ridges' located in the western part. As a group, NH3 cores in Perseus have a mean line width of 0.6 km/s, mean radius of 0.12 pc, mean kinetic temperature of 13 K, and mean mass of 9 solar mass. These mean values are larger than the mean values for NH3 cores with associated stars in Taurus, but smaller than the mean values for cores associated with stars in Orion A. Some of the cores in Perseus are 'thermally dominated', with thermal and nonthermal line widths similar to most Taurus cores, while others are 'nonthermally dominated' and are more similar to the cores in Orion A. We conclude that the Perseus complex is intermediate in its star-forming potential between the predominantly low-mass star-producing regions like Taurus and the regions capable of the producing high-mass stars such as Orion A. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: September 1994 DOI: 10.1086/174629 Bibcode: 1994ApJ...433..117L Keywords: Ammonia; Interstellar Gas; Molecular Clouds; Molecular Spectra; Radio Astronomy; Radio Spectra; Sky Surveys (Astronomy); Star Formation; Astronomical Spectroscopy; Emission Spectra; Line Spectra; Stellar Mass; Astronomy; ISM: MOLECULES; ISM: INDIVIDUAL NAME: PERSEUS MOLECULAR CLOUD; RADIO LINES: ISM full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (31) Related Materials (12) Part 1: 1983ApJ...264..517M Part 2: 1983ApJ...266..309M Part 3: 1983RMxAA...7..238M Part 4: 1983ApJ...270..105M Part 5: 1983ApJ...270..589B Part 6: 1988ApJ...324..907M Part 7: 1991ApJ...376..561M Part 8: 1992ApJ...384..523F Part 9: 1993ApJ...406..528G Part 10: 1994ApJ...433...96V Part 12: 1998ApJ...506..743B Part 13: 2000ApJ...532.1038V