We present observations of the Trumpler 14/Carina I region carried out using the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2 (STO2). The Trumpler 14/Carina I region is in the west part of the Carina Nebula Complex, which is one of the most extreme star-forming regions in the Milky Way. We observed Trumpler 14/Carina I in the 158 µm transition of [C ii] with a spatial resolution of 48 and a velocity resolution of 0.17 km s −1 . The observations cover a 0.25 • by 0.28 • area with central position l = 297.34 • , b = -0.60 • . The kinematics show that bright [C ii] structures are spatially and spectrally correlated with the surfaces of CO clouds, tracing the photodissociation region and ionization front of each molecular cloud. Along 7 lines of sight that traverse Tr 14 into the dark ridge to the southwest, we find that the [C ii] luminosity from the HII region is 3.7 times that from the PDR. In same los we find in the PDRs an average ratio of 1:4.1:5.6 for the mass in atomic gas:dark-CO gas: molecular gas traced by CO. Comparing multiple gas tracers including HI 21cm, [C ii], CO, and radio recombination lines, we find that the HII regions of the Carina Nebula Complex are well-described as HII regions with one-side freely expanding towards us, consistent with the champagne model of ionized gas evolution. The dispersal of the GMC in this region is dominated by EUV photoevaporation; the dispersal timescale is 20-30 Myr. Effective Resolution a 55 Pointing Accuracy <15 Spectral Resolution 1 MHz Velocity Resolution 0.17 km s −1 a Angular resolution of the regridded map.This study contains extensive analysis with many new findings. The followings are the highlights of this study and can be found in the discussion and conclusions sections. Comparing our [C ii] spectral map to the Mopra CO map, we found that bright [C ii] emission in the CNC is closely related to the CO clumps in position-position-velocity space, suggesting that bright [C ii] emission likely arises from PDR and ionization fronts. We also found large absorption cavities in HI 21 cm emission and that those cavities are in a good agreement with the CO clouds/clumps and the Keyhole Nebula, a CO-dark molecular cloud, in position-position space. On the other hand, velocities of the absorption cavities are ±5-10 km s −1 shifted from the CO velocity centroids, suggesting that the cavities may follow cold HI gas photoevaporating or stripped from cloud surfaces. Through detailed PDR modeling of 10 different regions representing various ISM structures, we found a mass proportion of 1:4.1:5.6 for the atomic:dark:molecular(CO) gas and that six out of ten regions are dominated by [C ii] emission from HII regions rather than PDRs. Finally, combining kinematics and modelings, we found that the three-dimensional morphology of the CNC is consistent with one side of numerous blister HII regions expanding freely toward us, similar to a champagne flow, with a lifetime of CO clouds exposed to HII regions being 20-30 Myr.We describe details of observations using STO2 and data reduction ...
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