LMT/AzTEC 1.1mm Survey of Mon R2 dense cores

We detect 295 cores (209 starless and 86 with protostars) in a two square degree shallow survey. We also carry out a deep follow-up survey of nine regions with low to intermediate (3<A_V_<7) gas column densities and detect 60 new cores in the deeper survey that allows us to derive a completeness limit.

After performing corrections for low signal-to-noise cores, we find a median core mass of ~2.1M_{sun}_ and a median size of 0.08pc. 46 per cent of the cores (141) have masses exceeding the local Bonnor-Ebert mass for cores with T=12K, suggesting that in the absence of supporting non-thermal pressure, these regions are unstable to gravitational collapse. We present the core mass function (CMF) for various subdivisions of the core sample.