Abstract
We present a comparative study of the size-line width relation for substructures within six molecular clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) mapped with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Our sample extends our previous study, which compared a Planck detected cold cloud in the outskirts of the LMC with the 30 Doradus molecular cloud and found the typical line width for 1 pc radius structures to be five times larger in 30 Doradus. By observing clouds with intermediate levels of star formation activity, we find evidence that the line width at a given size increases with increasing local and cloud-scale 8 μm intensity. At the same time, the line width at a given size appears to independently correlate with measures of the mass surface density. Our results suggest that both virial-like motions due to gravity and local energy injection by star formation feedback play important roles in determining intracloud dynamics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 50 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Volume | 885 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2019 |
Keywords
- ISM: molecules
- Magellanic Clouds
- galaxies: ISM
- radio lines: ISM
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science
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Wong, T. (Creator), Hughes, A. (Creator), Tokuda, K. (Creator), Indebetouw, R. (Creator), Onishi, T. (Creator), Bandurski, J. B. (Creator), Chen, C. H. R. (Creator), Fukui, Y. (Creator), Glover, S. C. O. (Creator), Klessen, R. S. (Creator), Pineda, J. L. (Creator), Roman-Duval, J. (Creator), Sewilo, M. (Creator), Wojciechowski, E. (Creator) & Zahorecz, S. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sep 25 2019
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-7090706_V1
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