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TIMES II: Investigating the Relation Between Turbulence and Star-forming Environments in Molecular Clouds

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arxiv 2107.13323 v1 pith:P4RLPJGP submitted 2021-07-28 astro-ph.GA

TIMES II: Investigating the Relation Between Turbulence and Star-forming Environments in Molecular Clouds

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We investigate the effect of star formation on turbulence in the Orion A and Ophiuchus clouds using principal component analysis (PCA). We measure the properties of turbulence by applying PCA on the spectral maps in $^{13}$CO, C$^{18}$O, HCO$^+$ $J=$1$-$0, and CS $J=$2$-$1. First, the scaling relations derived from PCA of the $^{13}$CO maps show that the velocity difference ($\delta v$) for a given spatial scale ($L$) is the highest in the integral shaped filament (ISF) and L1688, where the most active star formation occurs in the two clouds. The $\delta v$ increases with the number density and total bolometric luminosity of the protostars in the sub-regions. Second, in the ISF and L1688 regions, the $\delta v$ of C$^{18}$O, HCO$^+$, and CS are generally higher than that of $^{13}$CO, which implies that the dense gas is more turbulent than the diffuse gas in the star-forming regions; stars form in dense gas, and dynamical activities associated with star formation, such as jets and outflows, can provide energy into the surrounding gas to enhance turbulent motions.

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