Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-01-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
16 pages, 12 figures, 1 pdflatex text file, goha.bbl file, aa.cls style file
Scientific paper
We aim to study the structure, dynamics and physical conditions of Gomez's Hamburger (IRAS 18059-3211; GoHam). We confirm that GoHam essentially consists of a flaring disk in keplerian rotation around a young, probably pre-MS star. We present high resolution SMA maps of 12CO J=2-1, 13CO J=2-1, 12CO J=3-2, and C17O J=3-2, as well as data on 12CO J=6-5 and the continuum flux at these wavelengths. Spatial resolutions up to 1" are obtained. Except for the C17O data, the dynamical ranges are larger than 10. The maps are compared to a numerical model, which simulates the emission of a rotating disk with the expected general properties of such objects; a very satisfactory fitting of our maps is obtained. The meaning and reliability of our results are thoroughly discussed. Our observations allow measurement of the main properties of GoHam at scales between ~ 1" (~ 5 10^15 cm, for the assumed distance, 300 pc) and the total extent of the nebula, 14". We are able to measure the global structure of the gas-rich disk, which is found to be flaring, and its dynamics, which is clearly dominated by keplerian rotation, with a very small degree of turbulence. The combination of different lines, particularly showing different opacities, allows us to reasonably estimate the distributions of the gas temperature and density. We clearly find a significant and sharp increase in temperature at large distances from the equator, accompanied by a decrease in density of the same order. Finally, we identify and study a condensation in the southern part of the disk that has no counterparts in the rest of the nebula. This condensation is quite extended (about 5 10^15 cm), contains a significant amount of mass (roughly, ~ 6 10^-3 Mo), and seems to be associated with a detectable distortion of the global rotation kinematics.
Bujarrabal Valentin
Castro-Carrizo Arancha
Young Kenneth K.
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