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Tracing Embedded Stellar Populations in Clusters and Galaxies using Molecular Emission: Methanol as a Signature of the Low-Mass End of the IMF | | L. E. Kristensen
; E. A. Bergin
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Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:11:03 GMT (1832kb,D) | | Abstract: | Most low-mass protostars form in clusters, in particular high-mass clusters;
however, how low-mass stars form in high-mass clusters and what the mass
distribution is, are still open questions both in our own Galaxy and elsewhere.
To access the population of forming embedded low-mass protostars
observationally, we propose to use molecular outflows as tracers. Because the
outflow emission scales with mass, the effective contrast between low-mass
protostars and their high-mass cousins is greatly lowered. In particular, maps
of methanol emission at 338.4 GHz (J=7_0 - 6_0 A+) in low-mass clusters
illustrate that this transition is an excellent probe of the low-mass
population. We here present a model of a forming cluster where methanol
emission is assigned to every embedded low-mass protostar. The resulting model
image of methanol emission is compared to recent ALMA observations toward a
high-mass cluster and the similarity is striking: the toy model reproduces
observations to better than a factor of two and suggests that approximately
50\% of the total flux originates in low-mass outflows. Future fine-tuning of
the model will eventually make it a tool for interpreting the embedded low-mass
population of distant regions within our own Galaxy and ultimately
higher-redshift starburst galaxies, not just for methanol emission but also
water and high-J CO. | | Source: | arXiv, 1506.4160 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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