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Infall, outflow, and turbulence in massive star-forming cores in the G333 giant molecular cloud

Published 10 Sep 2015 in astro-ph.GA and astro-ph.SR | (1509.03308v1)

Abstract: We present molecular line imaging observations of three massive molecular outflow sources, G333.6-0.2, G333.1-0.4, and G332.8-0.5, all of which also show evidence for infall, within the G333 giant molecular cloud (GMC). All three are within a beam size (36 arcseconds) of IRAS sources, 1.2-mm dust clumps, various masing species and radio continuum-detected HII regions and hence are associated with high-mass star formation. We present the molecular line data and derive the physical properties of the outflows including the mass, kinematics, and energetics and discuss the inferred characteristics of their driving sources. Outflow masses are of 10 to 40 solar masses in each lobe, with core masses of order 103 solar masses. outflow size scales are a few tenth of a parsec, timescales are of several x104 years, mass loss rates a few x10-4 solar masses/year. We also find the cores are turbulent and highly supersonic.

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