Discovery of superthermal hydroxyl (OH) in the HH211 outflow

Details Discovery of superthermal hydroxyl (OH) in the HH211 outflow Discovery of superthermal hydroxyl (OH) in the HH211 outflow

2008-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1737v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

ApJ Letters, in press

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10.1086/589998

We present a 5-37 micron infrared spectrum obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope toward the southeastern lobe of the young protostellar outflow HH211. The spectrum shows an extraordinary sequence of OH emission lines arising in highly excited rotational levels up to an energy E/k~28200K above the ground level. This is, to our knowledge, by far the highest rotational excitation of OH observed outside Earth. The spectrum also contains several pure rotational transitions of H2O (v=0), H2 (v=0) S(0) to S(7), HD (v=0) R(3) to R(6), and atomic fine-structure lines of [Fe II], [Si II], [Ne II], [S I], and [Cl I]. The origin of the highly excited OH emission is most likely the photodissociation of H2O by the UV radiation generated in the terminal outflow shock of HH211.

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