JCMT Gould Belt Survey: dense cores in Orion B

We identify 29, 564, and 322 dense cores in L1622, NGC 2023/2024, and NGC 2068/2071 respectively, using the SCUBA-2 850{mu}m map, and present their basic properties, including their peak fluxes, total fluxes, and sizes, and an estimate of the corresponding 450{mu}m peak fluxes and total fluxes, using the FellWalker source extraction algorithm.

Assuming a constant temperature of 20K, the starless dense cores have a mass function similar to that found in previous dense core analyses, with a Salpeter-like slope at the high-mass end. The majority of cores appear stable to gravitational collapse when considering only thermal pressure; indeed, most of the cores which have masses above the thermal Jeans mass are already associated with at least one protostar. At higher cloud column densities, above 1-2x10^23^/cm2, most of the mass is found within dense cores, while at lower cloud column densities, below 1x10^23^/cm2, this fraction drops to 10% or lower.