Surveys of Clumps, Cores, and Condensations in Cygnus X: I. a New Catalog of ~0.1 pc Massive Dense Cores
arXiv:1901.06475 · doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab0025
Abstract
Using infrared to (sub)millimeter data from Spitzer, Herschel, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, and the IRAM 30-m telescope, we conducted an unbiased survey of the massive dense cores (MDCs) in the Cygnus X molecular cloud complex, aimed at characterizing the physical conditions of high-mass star formation (HMSF) at ~0.1 pc scales. We created 5 deg times 6 deg images of the 70-1200 um dust continuum, gas column density, and dust temperature of Cygnus X. A spatial relation between the dense regions (Av > 15) and the developed HII regions was found, indicating the impact of the latter on the global structures of Cygnus X. With a 35-Msun mass threshold implied by HMSF signposts, we identified 151 MDCs with sizes of ~0.1 pc, masses of 35-1762 Msun, and temperatures of 8-35 K. Our MDC sample is statistically complete in Cygnus X and is three times larger than that in Motte et al. (2007). The MDCs were classified into IR-bright/IR-quiet ones based on their mid-infrared fluxes and a large "IR-quiet" proportion (90%) was found in our sample. Two possible scenarios were proposed to interpret this: accelerated HMSF and the incapability of HMSF of the IR-quiet MDCs. We also found 26 starless MDCs by their lack of compact emissions at 21-70 um wavelengths, of which the most massive ones are probably the best candidates of initial HMSF sites in Cygnus X.
57 pages, 27 figures, accepted by ApJS
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