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Table 1

Cloud properties of W49A.

Quantity Assumed values Comments Reference
Cloud radius R ≈ 6 pc Approximate distance from Cluster 1 to W49SW and W49S Peng et al. (2010)
Molecular gas mass (W49A; r ≲ 6 pc) Assumed uncertainties of a factor of 2; used for modeling Galván-Madrid et al. (2013), Urquhart et al. (2018)
Molecular gas mass (W49 molecular cloud; r ≲ 60 pc) Mgas ≈ 1 × 106 M Galván-Madrid et al. (2013)
Stellar cluster mass (all infrared sub-clusters) M* ≈ 57 × 104 M Homeier & Alves (2005)
Stellar cluster mass (Cluster 1) M* ≈ 1 × 104 M Used for modeling, assuming that mass is possibly up to a factor of two higher Homeier & Alves (2005)
Derived molecular gas density (W49A; r ≲ 6 pc) Assuming homogeneity and spherical symmetry

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