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2006ApJ...642..330L - Astrophys. J., 642, 330-338 (2006/May-1)

Colliding clouds: the star formation trigger of the stellar cluster around BD +40 4124.

LOONEY L.W., WANG S., HAMIDOUCHE M., SAFIER P.N. and KLEIN R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present BIMA and SCUBA observations of the young cluster associated with BD +40 4124 in the dense molecular gas tracer CS J=2⟶1 and the continuum dust emission at λ=3.1 mm and 850 µm. The dense gas and dust in the system are aligned in a long ridge morphology extending ∼0.4 pc with 16 gas clumps of estimated masses ranging from 0.14 to 1.8 M. A north-south variation in the CS center line velocity can be explained with a two-cloud model. We posit that the BD +40 4124 stellar cluster formed from a cloud-cloud collision. The largest line widths occur near V1318 Cyg S, a massive star affecting its natal environment. In contrast, the dense gas near the other, more evolved, massive stars displays no evidence for disruption; the material must either be processed into the star, dissipate, or relax fairly quickly. The more evolved low-mass protostars are more likely to be found near the massive stars. If the majority of low-mass stars are coeval, the seemingly evolved low-mass protostars are not older: the massive stars have eroded their structures. Finally, at the highest resolution, the λ=3.1 mm dust emission is resolved into a flattened structure 3100x1500 AU with an estimated mass of 3.4 M. The continuum and CS emission are offset by 1".1 from the southern binary source. A simple estimate of the extinction due to the continuum emission structure is AV∼700 mag. From the offset and because the southern source is detected in the optical, the continuum emission is from a previously unknown very young, intermediate-mass, embedded stellar object.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: Clouds - ISM: Jets and Outflows - Radio Lines: ISM - Stars: Formation - stars: individual (BD +40 4124) - stars: individual (V1318 Cygni) - stars: individual (V1318 Cygni North) - stars: individual (V1318 Cygni South)

Nomenclature: Paragr. 4: [LWH2006] protostar N=1.

CDS comments: Cluster in title = [BDB2003] G078.86+02.76

Simbad objects: 6

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