TRAO Survey of Nearby Filamentary Molecular Clouds, the Universal Nursery of Stars (TRAO FUNS). III. Dynamics of filaments in different star forming environments

  • Published : 2019.04.10

Abstract

Recent high resolution IR observations reveal that molecular clouds are filamentary and such a structure is ubiquitous over various star-forming environments, and it is clear that filaments play a crucial role in the formation of cores and stars. However, the formation process of dense cores in the filaments are still unknown. To investigate this issue in detail, we have carried out TRAO FUNS (TRAO survey of nearby Filamentary molecular clouds, the Universal Nursery of Stars) toward various star forming filamentary molecular clouds. In this presentation, we will report the first look results of filaments and dense cores in MCLD 123.5+24.9 and IC 5146, which are known as a quiescent, non-star-forming region and an active, high-mass star forming region, respectively. By comparing the kinematic properties of filaments and dense cores in different star forming environments, we verified the formation scenario of filaments and dense core, i.e., gravoturbulent fragmentation via supersonic motions.

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