Submillimeter CO Line Emission from Orion

Details Submillimeter CO Line Emission from Orion Submillimeter CO Line Emission from Orion

2001-07-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0107264v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

30 pages, Latex file, 7 Postscript Figures, Accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/321535

Images of an 8 square minute region around the Orion KL source have been made in the J=7-6 (806 GHz) and J=4-3 (461 GHz) lines of CO with angular resolutions of 13" and 18". These data were taken employing on-the-fly mapping and position switching techniques. Our J=7-6 data set is the largest image of Orion with the highest sensitivity and resolution obtained so far in this line. Most of the extended emission arises from a Photon Dominated Region (PDR), but 8% is associated with the Orion ridge. For the prominent Orion KL outflow, we produced ratios of the integrated intensities of our J=7-6 and 4-3 data to the J=2-1 line of CO. Large Velocity Gradient (LVG) models fit the outflow ratios better than PDR models. The LVG models give H_2 densities of ~10^5 per ccm. The CO outflow is probably heated by shocks. In the Orion S outflow, the CO line intensities are lower than for Orion KL. The 4-3/2-1 line ratio is 1.3 for the blue shifted wing and 0.8 for the red shifted wing. Emission in the jet feature extending 2' to the SW of Orion S was detected in the J=4-3 but not the J=7-6 line; the average 4-3/2-1 line ratio is ~1. The line ratios in the Orion S outflow and jet features are consistent with both PDR and LVG models. Comparisons of the intensities of the J=7-6 and J=4-3 lines from the Orion Bar with PDR models show that the ratios exceed predictions by a factor of 2. Either clumping or additional heating by mechanisms such as shocks, may be the cause of this discrepancy.

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