The COMPLETE Survey of Star-Forming Regions: Phase I Data

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dc.creatorRidge, Naomi A.
dc.creatorDi Francesco, James
dc.creatorKirk, Helen
dc.creatorLi, Di
dc.creatorGoodman, Alyssa A.
dc.creatorAlves, João F.
dc.creatorArce, Héctor G.
dc.creatorBorkin, Michelle A.
dc.creatorCaselli, Paola
dc.creatorFoster, Jonathan B.
dc.creatorHeyer, Mark H.
dc.creatorJohnstone, Doug
dc.creatorKosslyn, David A.
dc.creatorLombardi, Marco
dc.creatorPineda, Jaime E.
dc.creatorSchnee, Scott L.
dc.creatorTafalla, Mario
dc.date2006-02-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:25:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:25:17Z
dc.descriptionWe present an overview of data available for the Ophiuchus and Perseus molecular clouds from ``Phase I'' of the COMPLETE Survey of Star-Forming Regions. This survey provides a range of data complementary to the Spitzer Legacy Program ``From Molecular Cores to Planet Forming Disks.'' Phase I includes: Extinction maps derived from 2MASS near-infrared data using the NICER algorithm; extinction and temperature maps derived from IRAS 60 and 100um emission; HI maps of atomic gas; 12CO and 13CO maps of molecular gas; and submillimetre continuum images of emission from dust in dense cores. Not unexpectedly, the morphology of the regions appears quite different depending on the column-density tracer which is used, with IRAS tracing mainly warmer dust and CO being biased by chemical, excitation and optical depth effects. Histograms of column-density distribution are presented, showing that extinction as derived from 2MASS/NICER gives the closest match to a log-normal distribution as is predicted by numerical simulations. All the data presented in this paper, and links to more detailed publications on their implications are publically available at the COMPLETE website.
dc.descriptionAccepted by AJ. Full resolution version available from: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/COMPLETE/papers/complete_phase1.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602542
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602542
dc.identifierAstron.J.131:2921-2933,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/503704
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/195463
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe COMPLETE Survey of Star-Forming Regions: Phase I Data
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