Angular Momentum of the N2H+ Cores in the Orion A Cloud

Abstract

We have analyzed the angular momentum of the molecular cloud cores in the Orion A giant molecular cloud observed in the N2H+ J = 1-0 line with the Nobeyama 45 m radio telescope. We have measured the velocity gradient using position velocity diagrams passing through core centers, and made sinusoidal fitting against the position angle. 27 out of 34 N2H+ cores allowed us to measure the velocity gradient without serious confusion. The derived velocity gradient ranges from 0.5 to 7.8 km/s/pc. We marginally found that the specific angular momentum J/M (against the core radius R) of the Orion N2H+ cores tends to be systematically larger than that of molecular cloud cores in cold dark clouds obtained by Goodman et al., in the J/M-R relation. The ratio beta of rotational to gravitational energy is derived to be beta = 10^{-2.3+/-0.7}, and is similar to that obtained for cold dark cloud cores in a consistent definition. The large-scale rotation of the integral-shaped filament of the Orion A giant molecular cloud does not likely govern the core rotation at smaller scales.

15 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables, Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan, in press

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