The clump mass function in the Carina Nebula

Abstract

In the Carina Nebula the feedback of the numerous hot stars disperses the parental Giant Molecular Cloud but also triggers the formation of new generations of stars. We obtained a wide-field map with the LABOCA camera at the APEX telescope, which provide the first spatially complete survey of the dust clouds in the Carina Nebula Complex and used the three common clump-finding algorithms CLUMPFIND, GAUSSCLUMPS and SExtractor to sample the Clump Mass Function in this region. Our aim is to investigate the effects of the extraction methods and the assumed temperature profile on the derived Clump Mass Function.