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^13^CO clumps toward the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant

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We have conducted a large-field simultaneous survey of ^12^CO, ^13^CO, and C^18^O J=1-0 emission toward the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant (SNR), which covers a sky area of 3.5{deg}x3.1{deg}.

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The Cas giant molecular cloud (GMC) mainly consists of three individual clouds with masses on the order of 10^4^-10^5^M_{sun}_. The total mass derived from the ^13^CO emission of the GMC is 2.1x10^5^M_{sun}_ and is 9.5x10^5^M_{sun}_ from the ^12^CO emission.

Two regions with broadened (6-7km/s) or asymmetric ^12^CO line profiles are found in the vicinity (within a 10'x10' region) of the Cas A SNR, indicating possible interactions between the SNR and the GMC. Using the GAUSSCLUMPS algorithm, 547 ^13^CO clumps are identified in the GMC, 54% of which are supercritical (i.e., {alpha}_vir_<2). The mass spectrum of the molecular clumps follows a power-law distribution with an exponent of -2.20.

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The pixel-by-pixel column density of the GMC can be fitted with a log-normal probability distribution function (N-PDF). The median column density of molecular hydrogen in the GMC is 1.6x10^21^cm^-2^ and half the mass of the GMC is contained in regions with H_2_ column density lower than 3x10^21^cm^-2^, which is well below the threshold of star formation. The distribution of the YSO candidates in the region shows no agglomeration.

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