Computer Science
Scientific paper
Feb 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999noao.prop..178g&link_type=abstract
NOAO Proposal ID #1999A-0178
Computer Science
Scientific paper
Optical jets and outflows play a major role in the formation and subsequent evolution of isolated, Taurus-type young stellar objects. However, most low mass stars in our Galaxy form in embedded clusters. Very little is known about jets in clusters. The CIRIM provides an opportunity to penetrate ~ 50 mag. of optical extinction and study the shock emission of outflows in a clustered environment. We propose H_2 images of a representative sample (~ 100 objects in two ~ 30' × 30' sub-groups) of the youngest stars in the nearest embedded cluster, ρ Ophiuchi, to address global and local aspects of the outflow phenomenon. Global aspects, such as the frequency and duration of jet events and the dependence of jet activity on the age and accretion rate of the driving source will provide the first detailed comparison with jet sources in Taurus, where isolated star-formation dominates. On the local scale, H_2 images will trace the small scale structure of the most recent shocked emissions back to ~ 140 AU from the central star. Continuum images will reveal the shape of the infalling envelopes and will probe regions where the jet/envelope interaction takes place.
Gomez Mercedes
Whitney Barbara
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