The HII region S140 and the associated molecular cloud L1204 have been observed with 10 molecular transitions, CO (1-0), 13CO (1-0), C18O (1-0), CS (2-1), HCO+ (1-0), HCN (1-0), SO (22-11), SO2(220-313), OCS (8-7), and HNCO (404-303) with ~ 50" angular resolutions. More than 7,000 spectra were obtained in total. The morphology of this region shows a massive fragment (the S140 core) and the extended envelope to the northeast. Several gas condensations have been identified in the envelope, having masses of ~103M⊙ and gas number densities of ≾104cm-3 to 3×105cm-3 in their cores. The column densities of the observed molecular species toward the S140 core appear to be the typical warm clouds' abundances. It seems to be that the S140 core and L1204 have been swept up by an expanding shell called the Cepheus bubble. The large value of LIR(embedded stars)/Mcloud ~5 L⊙/M⊙ of the S140 core may suggest that the star formation has been stimulated by the HII region, but the shock velocity and the pressure of the region seem to give a hint of the spontaneous star formation by the self gravity.

• Park Yong-Sun(Korea Astronomy Observatory)
• Minh Young-Chul(Korea Astronomy Observatory)