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Table 1

Number of COUP stars in 15′′ × 15′′ (0.03 pc × 0.03 pc) cells centered on COUP sources (close-neighbors method), and derived stellar densities (surface and volume) for the density peaks seen at different extinctions.

Region Column density range # Sources Surface stellar density Σ Volume stellar density ρ
(cm-2) (stars pc-2) (stars pc-3)

TC envelope <22.0 5 (5.5 ± 0.3) × 103 (3.5 ± 0.2) × 105
TC core 22.0–22.5 4 (4.4 ± 0.3) × 103 (2.8 ± 0.2) × 105
OMC1-S >22.5 6 (6.6 ± 0.3) × 103 (4.2 ± 0.2) × 105
OMC1-S (corrected)a >22.5 10 (1.10 ± 0.03) × 104 (7.0 ± 0.2) × 105
OHC >22.5 9 (1.10 ± 0.03) × 104 (7.0 ± 0.2) × 105
OHC (corrected)a >22.5 19 (2.10 ± 0.03) × 104 (1.30 ± 0.02) × 106

Notes.

(a)

Stellar densities corrected from incompleteness (see Sect. 2.5).

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