Molecular clouds under the FUV feedback: factories of CO-dark gas. (arXiv:2004.04171v1 [astro-ph.GA])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Inoguchi_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Mutsuko Inoguchi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hosokawa_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Takashi Hosokawa</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Mineshige_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Shin Mineshige</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kim_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jeong-Gyu Kim</a>
The star formation in molecular clouds is inefficient. The ionizing EUV
radiation ($h nu geq 13.6$ eV) from young clusters has been considered as a
primary feedback effect to limit the star formation efficiency (SFE). We here
focus on effects of the stellar FUV radiation (6 eV $leq h nu leq$ 13.6 eV)
during the cloud disruption stage. The FUV radiation may further reduce the SFE
via photoelectric heating, and it also affects the chemical states of the gas
that is not converted to stars (“cloud remnants”) via photodissociation of
molecules. We have developed a one-dimensional semi-analytic model which
follows the evolution of both the thermal and chemical structure of a
photodissociation region (PDR) during the dynamical expansion of an HII region.
We investigate how the FUV feedback limits the SFE, supposing that the star
formation is quenched in the PDR where the temperature is above a threshold
value (e.g., 100K). Our model predicts that the FUV feedback contributes to
reduce the SFEs for the massive ($M_{rm cl} gtrsim 10^5 M_{odot}$) clouds
with the low surface densities ($Sigma_{rm cl} lesssim 100$
M$_{odot}$pc$^{-2}$). Moreover, we show that a large part of the H$_2$
molecular gas contained in the cloud remnants should be “CO-dark” under the FUV
feedback for a wide range of cloud properties. Therefore, the dispersed
molecular clouds are potential factories of the CO-dark gas, which returns into
the cycle of the interstellar medium.
The star formation in molecular clouds is inefficient. The ionizing EUV
radiation ($h nu geq 13.6$ eV) from young clusters has been considered as a
primary feedback effect to limit the star formation efficiency (SFE). We here
focus on effects of the stellar FUV radiation (6 eV $leq h nu leq$ 13.6 eV)
during the cloud disruption stage. The FUV radiation may further reduce the SFE
via photoelectric heating, and it also affects the chemical states of the gas
that is not converted to stars (“cloud remnants”) via photodissociation of
molecules. We have developed a one-dimensional semi-analytic model which
follows the evolution of both the thermal and chemical structure of a
photodissociation region (PDR) during the dynamical expansion of an HII region.
We investigate how the FUV feedback limits the SFE, supposing that the star
formation is quenched in the PDR where the temperature is above a threshold
value (e.g., 100K). Our model predicts that the FUV feedback contributes to
reduce the SFEs for the massive ($M_{rm cl} gtrsim 10^5 M_{odot}$) clouds
with the low surface densities ($Sigma_{rm cl} lesssim 100$
M$_{odot}$pc$^{-2}$). Moreover, we show that a large part of the H$_2$
molecular gas contained in the cloud remnants should be “CO-dark” under the FUV
feedback for a wide range of cloud properties. Therefore, the dispersed
molecular clouds are potential factories of the CO-dark gas, which returns into
the cycle of the interstellar medium.
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