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Dense core structure and fragmentation in the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Alwyn Wootten
Alwyn Wootten*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France N. R. A. O., Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA, E-mail [email protected]

Abstract

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About a dozen distinct dense cores have been identified in the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud. The properties of these cores are summarized and compared to the properties of cores in the Taurus molecular cloud, a less efficient region of star formation, and in DR21(OH), a more massive region of star formation. The data are consistent with a picture in which more massive clouds have a higher surface density of cores, which in turn are more massive. The adjacent cores in L1689N have been studied with very high resolution; one has formed stars and one never has. The structure of these cores shows a tendency for duplicity of structures from the largest scales (1 pc) to the smallest (50 AU).

Keywords

Star FormationDei.se Molecular CoresOphiuchus Molecular Complex
Type
Small Scale Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 147: Fragmentation of Molecular Clouds and Star Formation , 1991 , pp. 229 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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