Molecular globules in the Veil bubble of Orion

Author:

Goicoechea J. R.ORCID,Pabst C. H. M.ORCID,Kabanovic S.ORCID,Santa-Maria M. G.ORCID,Marcelino N.ORCID,Tielens A. G. G. M.,Hacar A.ORCID,Berné O.,Buchbender C.ORCID,Cuadrado S.ORCID,Higgins R.ORCID,Kramer C.ORCID,Stutzki J.,Suri S.,Teyssier D.ORCID,Wolfire M.ORCID

Abstract

Strong winds and ultraviolet (UV) radiation from O-type stars disrupt and ionize their molecular core birthplaces, sweeping up material into parsec-size shells. Owing to dissociation by starlight, the thinnest shells are expected to host low molecular abundances and therefore little star formation. Here, we expand previous maps made with observations using the IRAM 30 m telescope (at 11″ ≃ 4500 AU resolution) and present square-degree12CO and13CO (J= 2–1) maps of the wind-driven “Veil bubble” that surrounds the Trapezium cluster and its natal Orion molecular core (OMC). Although widespread and extended CO emission is largely absent from the Veil, we show that several CO “globules” exist that are blueshifted in velocity with respect to OMC and are embedded in the [C II] 158μm-bright shell that confines the bubble. This includes the first detection of quiescent CO at negative local standard of rest velocities in Orion. Given the harsh UV irradiation conditions in this translucent material, the detection of CO globules is surprising. These globules are small (Rg= 7100 AU), not massive (Mg= 0.3M), and are moderately dense:nH= 4 × 104cm−3(median values). They are confined by the external pressure of the shell,Pextk≳ 107cm−3K, and are likely magnetically supported. They are either transient objects formed by instabilities or have detached from pre-existing molecular structures, sculpted by the passing shock associated with the expanding shell and by UV radiation from the Trapezium. Some represent the first stages in the formation of small pillars, others of isolated small globules. Although their masses (Mg<MJeans) do not suggest they will form stars, one globule matches the position of a known young stellar object. The lack of extended CO in the “Veil shell” demonstrates that feedback from massive stars expels, agitates, and reprocesses most of the disrupted molecular cloud gas, thereby limiting the star-formation rate in the region. The presence of molecular globules is a result of this feedback.

Funder

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt

NASA

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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