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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 1(812), p. 7, 2015

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/812/1/7

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The Three-mm Ultimate Mopra Milky Way Survey. II. Cloud and Star Formation Near the Filamentary Ministarburst RCW 106

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Abstract

We report here a study of gas, dust and star formation rates (SFRs) in the molecular cloud complexes (MCCs) surrounding the giant H$\,{\rm \scriptsize{II}}$ region RCW$\,$106 using $^{12}$CO and $^{13}$CO$\,$(1-0) data from the Three-mm Ultimate Mopra Milky way Survey (ThrUMMS) and archival data. We separate the emission in the Galactic Plane around $l=330^{∘}$-$335^{∘}$ and $b=-1^{∘}$-$1^{∘}$ into two main MCCs: the RCW$\,$106 (V$_{\rm LSR} = -48\,$km$\,$s$^{-1}$) complex and the MCC331-90(V$_{\rm LSR} = -90\,$km$\,$s$^{-1}$) complex. While RCW$\,$106 (M$∼ 5.9\times 10^{6}\,$M$_{⊙}$) is located in the Scutum-Centaurus arm at a distance of 3.6$\,$kpc, MCC331-90 (M$∼ 2.8\times 10^{6}\,$M$_{⊙}$) is in the Norma arm at a distance of 5$\,$kpc. Their molecular gas mass surface densities are $∼220$ and $∼130\,$M$_{⊙}$ pc$^{-2}$, respectively. For RCW$\,$106 complex, using the 21$\,$cm continuum fluxes and dense clump counting, we obtain an immediate past ($∼$-0.2$\,$Myr) and an immediate future ($∼$+0.2$\,$Myr) SFRs of $0.25_{-0.023}^{+0.09}\,$M$_{⊙},{\rm yr}^{-1}$ and $0.12±0.1 \,$M$_{⊙}\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$. This results in an immediate past SFR density of $9.5_{-0.9}^{+3.4}\,$M$_{⊙}\,{\rm yr}^{-1}\,{\rm kpc}^{-2}$ and an immediate future SFR density of $4.8_{-3.8}^{+3.8}\,$M$_{⊙}\,{\rm yr}^{-1}\,{\rm kpc}^{-2}$. As both SFRs in this cloud are higher than the ministarburst threshold, they must be undergoing a ministarburst event although burst peak has already passed. We conclude that this is one of the most active star forming complexes in the southern sky, ideal for further investigations of massive star formation and potentially shedding light on the physics of high-redshift starbursts. ; Comment: 17 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ