Morphological Complexity of Protostellar Envelopes

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2010-08-20

arxiv.org/abs/1008.3432v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

4 pages; To appear in the proceedings for IAU Symposium 270: Computational Star Formation

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Extinction maps at 8 micron from the Spitzer Space Telescope show that many Class 0 protostars exhibit complex, irregular, and on-axisymmetric structure within the densest regions of their dusty envelopes. Many of the systems have highly irregular and on-axisymmetric morphologies on scales $\sim$1000 AU, with a quarter of the sample exhibiting filamentary or flattened dense structures. Complex envelope structure is observed in regions spatially distinct from outflow cavities, and the densest structures often show no systematic alignment perpendicular to the cavities. We suggest that the observed envelope complexity is the result of collapse from protostellar cores with initially non-equilibrium structures. The striking non-axisymmetry in many envelopes could provide favorable conditions for the formation of binary systems. We then show that the kinematics around L1165 as probed with N2H+ are indicative of asymmetric infall; the velocity gradient is not perpendicular to the outflow.

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