The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 42 Issue 1
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- Pages.33.1-33.1
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- 2017
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Turbulent Properties in Two Molecular Clouds: Orion A and ρ Ophiuchus
- Yun, Hyeong-Sik (Kyung Hee University) ;
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Lee, Jeong-Eun
(Kyung Hee University) ;
- Choi, Yunhee (Kyung Hee University) ;
- Lee, Seokho (Kyung Hee University) ;
- Choi, Minho (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Kang, Hyunwoo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Tatematsu, Ken'ichi (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) ;
- Offner, Stella S.R. (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Gaches, Brandt A.L. (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Heyer, Mark H. (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Evans, Neal J. II (University of Texas) ;
- Yang, Yao-Lun (University of Texas)
- Published : 2017.04.10
Abstract
Molecular clouds are the sites of stellar birth, and conditions within the clouds control the mode and tempo of star formation. In particular, turbulence largely determines the density and velocity fields, and can affect the gas kinetic temperature as it decays via shocks. However, despite its central role in star formation and many years of study, the properties of turbulence remain poorly understood. As a part of the TRAO key science program, "Mapping turbulent properties of star-forming molecular clouds down to the sonic scale (PI: Jeong-Eun Lee)", we mapped the northern region of the Orion A molecular cloud and the L1688 region of the
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