The ATLASGAL survey: The sample of young massive cluster progenitors

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Table 3

Comparison of the properties of the infrared-quiet sources with the literature.

	ATLASGAL infrared-quiet^†	Herschel-IRDC^a	IRDC	CygX
	clumps	clumps	clumps	clumps


Distance [kpc]	1.15−15.60 (4.47)	0.12−16.45 (4.18)	1.8−7.1 (3.7) ^b	1.4^d
Size [pc]	0.08−1.63 (0.36)	0.02−2.6 (0.6)	1−3 ^b	0.56^e
M [M_⊙]^‡	200−21 000 (1400)	0.11−16 000 (700)	120−16 000 (950) ^b	680^e
[× 10⁵ cm^-3]	0.20−18.46 (2.39)	0−0.58 (0.01)	0.001−0.1 ^b	0.12^e

Notes.

^(†)

Range of minimum to maximum values, the median is given between parentheses.

^(‡)

For the adopted dust temperature see their original work.

^(a)

Adopted from the values listed in Table 2 from Traficante et al. (2015).

^(b)

Adopted from the values listed in Table 3 from Rathborne et al. (2006).

^(c)

Adopted from the values listed in Table 1 from Rathborne et al. (2006).

^(d)

Distance from Rygl et al. (2012).

^(e)

Scaled to 1.4 kpc from Motte et al. (2007).

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