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Interactions between Gas Dynamics and Magnetic Fields in the Massive Dense Cores of the DR21 Filament
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Interactions between Gas Dynamics and Magnetic Fields in the Massive Dense Cores of the DR21 Filament

Tao-Chung Ching, Shih-Ping Lai, Qizhou Zhang, Josep M. Girart, Keping QiuHauyu B. Liu
Astrophysical Journal, 卷.865(2), 110
10/2018

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ISM: clouds ISM: individual objects (DR21) ISM: kinematics and dynamics ISM: magnetic fields stars: formation submillimeter: ISM Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science
We report Submillimeter Array molecular line observations in the 345 GHz band of five massive dense cores, Cyg-N38, Cyg-N43, Cyg-N48, Cyg-N51, and Cyg-N53 in the DR21 filament. The molecular line data reveal several dynamical features of the cores: (1) prominent outflows in all cores seen in the CO and SiO lines, (2) significant velocity gradients in Cyg-N43 and Cyg-N48 seen in the H 13 CN and H 13 CO + lines suggesting 0.1 pc scale rotational motions, and (3) possible infalls in Cyg-N48 found in the SiO and SO lines. Comparing the molecular line data and our dust polarization data in Ching et al., we find that the gradients of line-of-sight velocities appear to be randomly oriented relative to the plane-of-sky magnetic fields. Our simulations suggest that this random alignment implies parallel or random alignment between the velocity gradients and magnetic fields in the three-dimensional space. The linewidths of H 13 CN emission are consistently wider than those of H 13 CO + emission in the 3″-10″ detectable scales, which can be explained by the existence of ambipolar diffusion with maximum plane-of-the-sky magnetic field strengths of 1.9 mG and 5.1 mG in Cyg-N38 and Cyg-N48, respectively. Our results suggest that the gas dynamics may distort the magnetic fields of the cores of into complex structures and ambipolar diffusion could be important in dissipating the magnetic energies of the cores.

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