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Physical and Chemical State of Cold Cores

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dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-29T09:48:58Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-06T12:07:22Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-27 fi
dc.date.available 2012-08-29T09:48:58Z und
dc.date.available 2017-11-06T12:07:22Z
dc.date.issued 2012-07-06
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138/36316
dc.publisher Helsingin yliopisto fi
dc.publisher Helsingfors universitet sv
dc.publisher University of Helsinki en
dc.title Physical and Chemical State of Cold Cores en
ethesis.discipline Astronomy en
ethesis.discipline Tähtitiede fi
ethesis.discipline Astronomi sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/6f5d95bc-1d1b-46ec-8692-e74fe88e4565
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3acb09b1-e6a2-4faa-b677-1a1b03285b66
ethesis.department Institutionen för fysik sv
ethesis.department Department of Physics en
ethesis.department Fysiikan laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Parikka, Anna
dct.issued 2012
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract In this study, I have investigated interstellar molecular clouds and specifically three fields mapped with the Planck satellite and Herschel Space Observatory at radio and sub-millimeter wavelengths: G131.65+9.75, G108.28+16.68, and G161.55-9.30. In these fields, four cloud cores were selected for closer investigation. The molecular line observations at 13CO, C18O, and N2H+ were made with the 20-m radio telescope in Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden. Also, data from Herschel Space Observatory was used. The molecular line observations were used for the study of cloud morphology and kinematics. The hydrogen column densities were estimated from both the molecular line and the dust continuum observations. Radiative transfer models were created for both the continuum and line data. The molecular line emission maxima were approximately where the dust continuum emission maxima were. The molecular line observations indicate that the studied cores are quite stable and show low turbulence. No clear detections of outflows were found in any of the cores. The column densities estimated from the dust continuum observations were 1 - 5 times the column densities derived from the molecular line observations. The column densities derived from the molecular line observations were also considerably lower than what is expected for protostellar cores. When comparing the masses estimated from the molecular line observations to virial and Bonnor-Ebert masses, the mass estimates were considerably lower and it seems that the cores are not on the verge of collapsing. The column density estimates derived from dust emission, however, are in line with the ones expected from prestellar cores and even in the light of the molecular line observations, there is no reason to doubt these data. Clearly, some more research in this area is needed to confirm, for example, the molecular depletion as an explanation of the apparent discrepancy between the continuum and line data en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.supervisor Juvela, Mika
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe201208296357
dc.type.dcmitype Text
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