Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996a%26a...309..929d&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.309, p.929-938
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Shock Waves, Ism: L1448, Ism: Jets And Outflows, Ism: Molecules, Infrared: Interstellar: Lines, Stars: Formation
Scientific paper
Here we investigate the dynamical properties of the outflow from a Class 0 protostar. We have observed H_2_ v=1-0S(1) velocity profiles at eight slit positions in the northern lobe of the outflow driven by L1448-mm (the VLA source L1448C). Complex line profiles are observed throughout the region; the peak H_2_ emission is everywhere strongly blue-shifted. The velocities of the line profile peaks also gradually increase along the length of the outflow. This we attribute to the bending of the flow towards the observer. The flow produces numerous bow shocks along its length (as evidenced by the triangular H_2_ profiles) that are intersperced with a turbulent shear layer (resulting in the more Gaussian profiles). Knot A is a superb example of a bow shock. Its spatial distribution corresponds to a C-type bow, and this is confirmed by our velocity-position analysis: the profiles are wide and double-peaked just behind the bow apex. There is also evidence that all the H_2_ emission features are produced within an expanding wind of high Alfven speed. Analysis of the main "ridge" of emission suggests the presence of many small clumps, formed after the wind terminates at an oblique shock. We may therefore be witnessing the shredding and dispersal of the molecular cloud core by the L1448-mm outflow.
Davis Christopher J.
Smith Masson D.
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