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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 655, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142182
关键词
ISM: molecules; ISM: clouds; evolution; ISM: structure; local insterstellar matter; galaxies: ISM
资金
- German Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB956A]
- INAF
Filaments are common features of the molecular interstellar medium and play a key role in star formation. Recent studies have found large-scale filaments in both the inner and outer Milky Way, with those in the outer region showing lower masses compared to the inner region. This suggests that Milky Way dynamics can create elongated features even with lower gas supply in the Galactic outskirts.
Filaments are a ubiquitous morphological feature of the molecular interstellar medium and are identified as sites of star formation. In recent years, more than 100 large-scale filaments (with a length >10 pc) have been observed in the inner Milky Way. As they appear linked to Galactic dynamics, studying those structures represents an opportunity to link kiloparsec-scale phenomena to the physics of star formation, which operates on much smaller scales. In this Letter, we use newly acquired Outer Galaxy High Resolution Survey (OGHReS) (CO)-C-12(2-1) data to demonstrate that a significant number of large-scale filaments are present in the outer Galaxy as well. The 37 filaments identified appear tightly associated with inter-arm regions. In addition, their masses and linear masses are, on average, one order of magnitude lower than similar-sized molecular filaments located in the inner Galaxy, showing that Milky Way dynamics is able to create very elongated features in spite of the lower gas supply in the Galactic outskirts.
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