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2004A&A...425L...1R - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 425L1-4 (2004/10-1)

Millimeter dust emission from an SMC cold molecular cloud.

RUBIO M., BOULANGER F., RANTAKYROE F. and CONTURSI A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We presented SIMBA 1.2mm continuum observations of SMCB1-1 an SMC molecular cloud known to be distant from massive ionizing stars. The gas mass derived from the SIMBA flux is a factor of ∼10 higher than the virial mass previously reported from CO observations. We propose an interpretation where the virial mass underestimates the total mass because the CO emission comes from dense clumps which do not trace the full cloud area and velocity distribution. This work sets an important question for the understanding of star formation in low metallicity gas. Do CO observations grossly underestimate the amount of dense self gravitating clouds where stars can form?

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: molecular clouds - ISM: dust - ISM: individual object: LMC-SMC - infrared: ISM: continuum

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