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ALMA resolved views of molecular filaments/clumps in the Large Magellanic Cloud: A possible gas flow penetrating one of the most massive protocluster systems in the Local Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2023

Kazuki Tokuda Open the ORCID record for Kazuki Tokuda [Opens in a new window]
Kazuki Tokuda*
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
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Abstract

We present spatially resolved molecular filaments and clumps in the high-mass star-forming regions N159E-Papillon, W-South, and W-North in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Our ALMA observations in CO isotopes and millimeter continuum revealed remarkable hub-filament systems with a typical width of 0.1 pc. The most massive clump in the observed regions, N159W-North MMS-2, shows an especially massive/dense nature whose total H2 mass and peak column density are ∼104 M⊙ and ∼1024 cm−2, respectively, and harbors massive (∼100 M⊙) starless core candidates. The hub-filamentary clouds in the three regions share a common orientation and have 10–30 pc scale head-tail structures with active star formation at the tips. Their striking similarity proposes a “teardrops-inflow” model, i.e., substructured conversing H i flow, that explains the synchronized, extreme star formation across ∼50 pc, including one of the most massive protocluster clumps in the Local Group.

Keywords

Interstellar filamentsLarge Magellanic CloudProtostarsLocal Group
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 17 , Symposium S373: Resolving the Rise and Fall of Star Formation in Galaxies , August 2021 , pp. 70 - 74
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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