VLT-ISAAC spectroscopy of H2 pure rotational lines: a new tool for investigating protostellar jets

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Feb 2003

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Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes II. Edited by Guhathakurta, Puragra. Proceedings of th

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We report 3-5 μm infrared spectroscopy obtained with VLT-ISAAC on several protostellar jets. Together with H2 emission lines from the υ=1 rotovibrational state, the spectra show several pure rotational lines of the fundamental state with excitation temperature up to ~22000 K. These observations represent the first detection from the ground of pure rotational (υ=0) H2 lines in jets. We show how theoretical rotation diagrams indicate these lines as unique both to probe the presence of collisionally excited gas in NLTE conditions and to infer the gas density.

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