FRAGMENTATION OF MASSIVE CORES TOWARD THE GALACTIC Hii REGION RCW 120 OBSERVED WITH ALMA
Résumé
Feedback from high-mass stars (stellar winds, radiation and photoionization pressure, supernova explosions) can strongly modify the surrounding cloud. As a result, the next generation of stars is affected and can present different physical properties. Using ALMA interferometric observations, we characterized the fragmentation occurring inside the massive cores previously detected with Herschel and being good candidates for high-mass star formation. Most of the fragments have a mass higher than predicted by the thermal Jeans mechanism, thus requiring external turbulence to explain it, and some of the fragments have a mass higher than 8 M which make them interesting targets for further studies. One of the fragment shows different molecular emissions tracing hot core, disk and outflows and is the most promising site for the search of high-mass stars toward RCW 120.
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