Multiwavelength study of the star formation in the S237 H II region

Dewangan, L. K. ; Ojha, D. K. ; Janardhan, P. ; Luna, A. (2016) Multiwavelength study of the star formation in the S237 H II region The Astrophysical Journal, 834 (1). Article ID 22. ISSN 0004-637X

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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/22

Abstract

We present a detailed multiwavelength study of observations from X-ray, near-infrared, and centimeter wavelengths to probe the star formation processes in the S237 region. Multiwavelength images trace an almost sphere-like shell morphology of the region, which is filled with the 0.5–2 keV X-ray emission. The region contains two distinct environments—a bell-shaped cavity-like structure containing the peak of 1.4 GHz emission at center, and elongated filamentary features without any radio detection at edges of the sphere-like shell—where Herschel clumps are detected. Using the 1.4 GHz continuum and 12CO line data, the S237 region is found to be excited by a radio spectral type of B0.5V star and is associated with an expanding H II region. The photoionized gas appears to be responsible for the origin of the bell-shaped structure. The majority of molecular gas is distributed toward a massive Herschel clump (Mclump ∼ 260 M), which contains the filamentary features and has a noticeable velocity gradient. The photometric analysis traces the clusters of young stellar objects (YSOs) mainly toward the bell-shaped structure and the filamentary features. Considering the lower dynamical age of the H II region (i.e., 0.2–0.8 Myr), these clusters are unlikely to be formed by the expansion of the H II region. Our results also show the existence of a cluster of YSOs and a massive clump at the intersection of filamentary features, indicating that the collisions of these features may have triggered cluster formation, similar to those found in the Serpens South region.

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Keywords:Dust, Extinction; H II Regions; ISM: Clouds; ISM: Individual Objects (Sh 2–237); Stars: Formation; Stars: Pre-Main Sequence
ID Code:104534
Deposited On:16 May 2017 10:43
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