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Walch, S., Whitworth, A. P., Bisbas, T. G., Hubber, D. A. and Wuensch, R. (2015). Comparing simulations of ionization triggered star formation and observations in RCW 120. Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., 452 (3). S. 2794 - 2804. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1365-2966

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Abstract

Massive clumps within the swept-up shells of bubbles, like that surrounding the galactic H II region RCW 120, have been interpreted in terms of the collect and collapse (C&C) mechanism for triggered star formation. The cold, dusty clumps surrounding RCW 120 are arranged in an almost spherical shell and harbour many young stellar objects. By performing high-resolution, three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of H II regions expanding into fractal molecular clouds, we investigate whether the formation of massive clumps in dense, swept-up shells necessarily requires the C&C mechanism. In a second step, we use RADMC-3D to compute the synthetic dust continuum emission from our simulations, in order to compare them with observations of RCW 120 made with APEX-LABOCA (The Large APEX BOlometer CAmera) at 870 mu m. We show that a distribution of clumps similar to the one seen in RCW 120 can readily be explained by a non-uniform initial molecular cloud structure. Hence, a shell-like configuration of massive clumps does not imply that the C&C mechanism is at work. Rather, we find a hybrid form of triggering, which combines elements of C&C and radiation driven implosion (RDI). In addition, we investigate the reliability of deriving clump masses from their 870 mu m emission. We find that for clumps with more than 100 M-circle dot the observational estimates are accurate to within a factor of 2, while the agreement between simulated and observed masses is much worse for smaller clumps. We also find that even at 870 mu m it is important to account for the radiative heating from triggered, embedded protostars.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Walch, S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Whitworth, A. P. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bisbas, T. G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hubber, D. A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wuensch, R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-392838
DOI:	10.1093/mnras/stv1427
Journal or Publication Title:	Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc.
Volume:	452
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 2794 - 2804
Date:	2015
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1365-2966
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS; H-II REGIONS; RADIATION-DRIVEN IMPLOSION; INTERSTELLAR GAS LAYERS; INITIAL MASS FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; IONIZING-RADIATION; FRACTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY STRUCTURE; EXPANDING SHELLS Multiple languages Astronomy & Astrophysics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39283