Dense core properties in the Infrared Dark cloud G14.225-0.506 revealed by ALMA

Abstract

We have performed a dense core survey toward the Infrared Dark Cloud G14.225-0.506 at 3 mm continuum emission with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA). This survey covers the two hub-filament systems with an angular resolution of $\sim 3$\arcsec ($\sim 0.03$ pc). We identified 48 dense cores. Twenty out of the 48 cores are protostellar due to their association with young stellar objects (YSOs) and/or X-ray point-sources, while the other 28 cores are likely prestellar and unrelated with known IR or X-ray emission. Using APEX 870 $\mu$m continuum emission, we also identified the 18 clumps hosting these cores. Through virial analysis using the ALMA N${}_2$H${}^{+}$ and VLA/Effelsberg NH${}_3$ molecular line data, we found a decreasing trend in the virial parameter with decreasing scales from filaments to clumps, and then to cores. The virial parameters of $0.1-1.3$ in cores, indicate that cores are likely undergoing dynamical collapse. The cumulative Core Mass Function (CMF) for the prestellar cores candidates has a power law index of $\alpha =1.6$, with masses ranging from 1.5 to 22 $M_{\odot }$. We find no massive prestellar or protostellar cores. Previous studies suggest that massive O-tpye stars have not been produced yet in this region. Therefore, high-mass stars should be formed in the prestellar cores by accreting a significant amount of gas from the surrounding medium. Another possibility is that low-mass YSOs become massive by accreting from their parent cores that are fed by filaments. These two possibilities might be consistent with the scenario of global hierarchical collapse.

12 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

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