Formaldehyde Observations of Planck Cold Cores

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Single-pointing observations of 73 Planck cores from the Early Cold Core Catalogue with the Nanshan 26-m telescope are presented targeting the H2CO (11, 0–11, 1) 4.8 GHz (λ ~ 6 cm) absorption line. H2CO absorption has been detected in 51 sources (69.9%), with 24 (32.9%) also showing components with hyperfine structure (HFS). In these 51 detected cores, non-thermal velocity dispersion dominates over thermal line broadening (σTH/σNT < 1), with 96% exhibiting supersonic turbulence ($\mathcal {M} > 1$). A weak correlation between σNT and Tkin suggests that turbulence contributes to gas heating. A strong σNT – ortho-H2CO column density correlation highlights the importance of both turbulence and gravity. For the 24 sources with resolved HFS, the derived excitation temperatures ranges from 2.08 to 2.59 K (mean 2.37 K). Follow-up mapping of four high-S/N cores with regions of resolved HFS components reveals widespread gas with Tex ≈ 2.36–2.64 K. Cores with resolved HFS exhibit narrower line widths, lower Mach numbers, higher column densities, and larger optical depths, indicating dynamically quiescent gas in clouds moving towards early gravitational collapse. In contrast, non-HFS regions surrounding the HFS regions in these sources display broader lines and stronger non-thermal motions, suggesting a dynamically complex environment where gravity begins to influence the earliest stages of star formation.
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Authors Ernar Imanaly, Jarken Esimbek, W Baan, Gang Wu, Dilda Berdikhan, Dalei Li, Jin Zhou, Xindi Tang, Yuxin He, Toktarkhan Komesh, Dongdong Zhou, Yingxiu Ma, Kadirya Tursun, А. М. Соболев, Qaynar Jandaolet, Gordon MacLeod, Dmitry Ladeyschikov
Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag904
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag904
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