Dense cores in the Orion A cloud survey

This survey is unique in that a large area (~48pc^2^) of the cloud was covered with a high spatial resolution of 21" (0.05pc) and with a deep integration (1sigma~0.1K in T*_A_), resulting in a core mass detection of 1.6M_{sun}_.

The morphology of the H^13^CO^+^ (J=1-0) emission is very similar to that of the 850um continuum emission. We identified 236 dense cores from our data with the clumpfind algorithm. The cores are close to virial equilibrium, independent of whether they are thermal or turbulent.