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2020ApJ...897...90E - Astrophys. J., 897, 90-90 (2020/July-1)

Unveiling the importance of magnetic fields in the evolution of dense clumps formed at the waist of bipolar H II regions: a case study of Sh 2-201 with JCMT SCUBA-2/POL-2.

ESWARAIAH C., LI D., SAMAL M.R., WANG J.-W., MA Y., LAI S.-P., ZAVAGNO A., CHING T.-C., LIU T., PATTLE K., WARD-THOMPSON D., PANDEY A.K. and OJHA D.K.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the properties of magnetic fields (B fields) in two clumps (clump 1 and clump 2), located at the waist of the bipolar H II region Sh 2-201, based on James Clerk Maxwell Telescope SCUBA-2/POL-2 observations of 850 µm polarized dust emission. We find that B fields in the direction of the clumps are bent and compressed, showing bow-like morphologies, which we attribute to the feedback effect of the H II region on the surface of the clumps. Using the modified Davis-Chandrasekhar-Fermi method, we estimate B-field strengths of 266 and 65 µG for clump 1 and clump 2, respectively. From virial analyses and critical mass ratio estimates, we argue that clump 1 is gravitationally bound and could be undergoing collapse, whereas clump 2 is unbound and stable. We hypothesize that the interplay of the thermal pressure imparted by the H II region, the B-field morphologies, and the various internal pressures of the clumps (such as magnetic, turbulent, and gas thermal pressures) has the following consequences: (a) formation of clumps at the waist of the H II region; (b) progressive compression and enhancement of the B fields in the clumps; (c) stronger B fields that will shield the clumps from erosion by the H II region and cause pressure equilibrium between the clumps and the H II region, thereby allowing expanding ionization fronts to blow away from the filament ridge, forming bipolar H II regions; and (d) stronger B fields and turbulence that will be able to stabilize the clumps. A study of a larger sample of bipolar H II regions would help to determine whether our hypotheses are widely applicable.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Interstellar magnetic fields - Magnetic fields - H II regions - Submillimeter astronomy - Star formation - Dust continuum emission - Stellar feedback

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/ApJ/897/90): table1.dat>

Nomenclature: Fig. 2, Table 2: [ELS2020] Clump N (Nos 1-2).

CDS comments: Clumps 1 and 2 of Sh 2-201 are not in SIMBAD.

Simbad objects: 10

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