A Herschel-SPIRE Survey of the Mon R2 Giant Molecular Cloud: Analysis of the Gas Column Density Probability Density Function

We present a far-IR survey of the entire Mon R2 GMC with Herschel-SPIRE cross-calibrated with Planck-HFI data. We fit the SEDs of each pixel with a greybody function and an optimal beta value of 1.8. We find that mid-range column densities obtained from far-IR dust emission and near-IR extinction are... Show more