High-mass star formation in Orion B triggered by cloud-cloud collision: Merging molecular clouds in NGC 2024

Abstract

We performed new comprehensive ${}^{13}$CO($J$=2--1) observations toward NGC 2024, the most active star forming region in Orion B, with an angular resolution of $\sim$100'' obtained with NANTEN2. We found that the associated cloud consists of two independent velocity components. The components are physically connected to the H{\sc ii} region as evidenced by their close correlation with the dark lanes and the emission nebulosity. The two components show complementary distribution with a displacement of $\sim$0.6 pc. Such complementary distribution is typical to colliding clouds discovered in regions of high-mass star formation. We hypothesize that a cloud-cloud collision between the two components triggered the formation of the late O-type stars and early B stars localized within 0.3 pc of the cloud peak. The duration time of the collision is estimated to be 0.3 million years from a ratio of the displacement and the relative velocity $\sim$3 km s${}^{-1}$ corrected for probable projection. The high column density of the colliding cloud $\sim$10${}^{23}$ cm${}^{-2}$ is similar to those in the other high-mass star clusters in RCW 38, Westerlund 2, NGC 3603, and M42, which are likely formed under trigger by cloud-cloud collision. The present results provide an additional piece of evidence favorable to high-mass star formation by a major cloud-cloud collision in Orion.

arXiv comment17 pages, 13 figures, accepted for PASJ. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1706.05652

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