Velocity resolved infrared CO emission from young stellar objects

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Carbon Monoxide, Early Stars, Emission Spectra, Infrared Spectra, Stellar Spectra, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Spectral Line Width, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, Vibrational Spectra

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High resolution spectra of the 2.3-micron overtone band heads (v = 2-0 and 4-2) of vibrational CO emission have been obtained toward the low luminosity object WL 16. Both band heads showed noticeable smearing over 0.002-0.004 micron. A single temperature model fit to the band heads indicates an optical depth of less than unity for individual lines, with a Gaussian velocity dispersion of about 400 km/s (FWHM) plus two narrower, highly Doppler-shifted velocity features. The Br-gamma line from WL 16 also has a wide velocity spread, which can be fitted approximately by a single Gaussian linewidth of 175 km/s (FWHM). The CO v = 2-0 band head observed in the higher mass object S 106 is somewhat narrower than that in WL 16, with a fitted velocity dispersion of about 250 km/s. Two possible origins for the vibrational CO are discussed.

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