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Table 7

Sensitivities of (sub)mm surveys of nearby molecular clouds and average properties of the detected starless cores.

Cloud Dist. Freq. HPBW σa σNb c Ref.d  ⟨ FWHM ⟩ e  ⟨ Ra ⟩f  ⟨ Npeak ⟩g  ⟨ n7500   AU ⟩h Ref.d
(pc) (GHz) (″) (mJy/beam) (1021 cm-2) (M) (1000 AU) (1021 cm-2) (105 cm-3)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

Chamaeleon I 150 345 21 12 1.1 0.012 1 1.0 1
Ophiuchus 125 268 31 27 2.4 0.035 2 7.5 ± 3.5 1.3 ± 0.2 60 5.7–6.5 8
240 13 8 5.9 0.035 3 3
Taurus 140 250 11 1.4 1.3 0.007 4 3.0 4
Perseus 250 268 31 15 1.4 0.039 5 16.5 ± 6.0 1.7 ± 0.9 38 3.5–3.9 8
353 14 35 6.6 0.086 6 3.8 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.1 35 ± 3 9
Serpens 260 268 31 9.5 0.9 0.026 7 10.7 ± 3.1 1.7 ± 0.5 33 2.8–3.2 8

Notes. The values in Cols. 6 and 7 were computed with the same assumptions for all clouds (see Appendix B). The values in Cols. 9 to 12 obtained from the litterature were rescaled to match the physical assumptions and size criteria adopted for our analysis of Cha I (see Appendix B.6 for details).

(a)

Peak flux density rms sensitivity in the original beam.

(b)

Peak column density rms sensitivity in the original beam.

(c)

Mass rms sensitivity per aperture of diameter 7500 AU.

(e)

Average deconvolved mean size of the detected starless cores.

(f)

Average aspect ratio.

(g)

Average peak column density in a FWHM size of 3180 AU, corresponding to our angular resolution of 21.2″ at the distance of Cha I.

(h)

Average mean density in an aperture of diameter 7500 AU.

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