Multiple Molecular Line Analysis in the Planck Cold Clumps with KVN Follow-up Observations.

  • Kang, Sung-ju (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institution) ;
  • Liu, Tie (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institution) ;
  • Kim, Kee-Tae (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institution) ;
  • Choi, Minho (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institution) ;
  • Kang, Miju (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institution) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Eun (Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Evans, Neal J. (University of Texas at Austin)
  • Published : 2017.04.10

Abstract

Stars form in dense core within the molecular clouds. The prestellar cores provide information of the physical characteristics at the very early stages of star formation. The low dust temperature (<14K) of Planck cold clumps/cores (PGCCs) make them likely to be prestellar objects or at the very initial stage of protostellar collapse. We have been conducting the legacy surveys of Planck cold clumps with the JCMT, the TRAO 14-m and many other telescopes. We aim to study of the initial conditions of star formation and chemical evolutions of the cores in the different environments. From JCMT SCUBA-2 $850{\mu}m$ survey (SCOPE), we have already identified hundreds of dense cores, which may be at the earliest phase of star formation. Therefore in order to explore the chemical evolution of these dense cores, we used KVN telescopes in order to observe 75 well selected SCUBA-2 cores in many molecules as the follow-up project of KVN Pilot Observation of SCUBA-2. These observations will help advance our understanding of the propoerties of these SCUBA-2 cores in PGCCs.

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