Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-04-10
Astron.Astrophys. 421 (2004) 1113-1119
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20035640
Evidence for a large scale flow of low density gas onto the Cepheus A young stellar cluster is presented. Observations of K-band near-infrared and multi-transition CS and N2H+ millimeter line emission are shown in relation to a sub-millimeter map of the cool dust around the most embedded stars. The near-infrared emission is offset from the dust peak suggesting a shift in the location of star formation over the history of the core. The CS emission is concentrated toward the core center but N2H+ peaks in two main cores offset from the center, opposite to the chemistry observed in low mass cores. A starless core with strong CS but weak N2H+ emission is found toward the western edge of the region. The average CS(2-1) spectrum over the cluster forming core is asymmetrically self-absorbed suggesting infall. We analyze the large scale dynamics by applying a one-dimensional radiative transfer code to a model spherical core with constant temperature and linewidth, and a density profile measured from an archival 850 micron map of the region. The best fit model that matches the three CS profiles requires a low CS abundance in the core and an outer, infalling envelope with a low density and undepleted CS abundance. The integrated intensities of the two N2H+ lines is well matched with a constant N2H+ abundance. The envelope infall velocity is tightly constrained by the CS(2-1) asymmetry and is sub-sonic but the size of the infalling region is poorly determined. The picture of a high density center with depleted CS slowly accreting a low density outer envelope with normal CS abundance suggests that core growth occurs at least partially by the dissipation of turbulent support on large scales.
Bottinelli Sandrine
Williams Jonathan P.
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