Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...408..565h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 408, no. 2, p. 565-572.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
18
Infrared Sources (Astronomy), Interstellar Matter, Molecular Clouds, Ammonia, Far Infrared Radiation, Particle Emission, Plasma Jets, Very Large Array (Vla)
Scientific paper
The (J, K) (1, 1) and (2, 2) NH3 lines were mapped toward a molecular cloud core in NGC 2024 using the VLA in its C/D-configuration. This region is associated with one of the most highly collimated molecular outflows. We find that the molecular condensations associated with the far-infrared sources FIR 5, FIR 6, and FIR 7 have kinetic temperatures of about 40 K. We also find line broadening toward FIR 6 and FIR 7. This suggests that these condensations may not be protostars heated by gravitational energy released during collapse but that they have an internal heating source. A flattened structure of ammonia emission is found extending parallel to the unipolar CO outflow structure, but displaced systematically to the east. If the NH3 emission traces the denser gas environment, there is no evidence that a dense gas structure is confining the molecular outflow. Instead, the location of the high-velocity outflow along the surface of the NH3 structure suggests that a wind is sweeping material from the surface of this elongated cloud core.
Cantó Jorge
Gomez Jose F.
Ho Paul T. P.
Peng Yun-Lou
Rodriguez Luis F.
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