First Image with the CfA Superconductive HEB Receiver: The Protostellar Outflow from IRAS 20126+4104 in CO (J=7-6)

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Sep 1999

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The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 111, Issue 763, pp. 1088-1094.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Instrumentation: Detectors, Ism: Individual (Iras 20126+4104), Ism: Jets And Outflows, Stars: Formation, Submillimeter Radiation

Scientific paper

We present a spectral line image in CO (J=7-6) of the spatially compact molecular outflow from the massive protostar IRAS 20126+4014, observed using a novel superconductive hot-electron bolometer (HEB) heterodyne receiver we recently installed at the 10 m Heinrich Hertz Telescope. The bipolar outflow is clearly detected and resolved with a center of symmetry situated at the position of the massive protostar, previously identified as an IRAS source and a millimeter continuum source. The peaks of the emission from the red- and blueshifted CO lobes are separated by ~14" (0.1 pc), and the velocity of the CO emission extends +/-30 km s^-1 from the ambient cloud velocity. The total outflowing gas mass is approximately 4 M_solar, while the outflow rate is at least 6x10^-4 M_solar yr^-1. Both high-velocity CO emission maxima trail the NH_3 (3, 3) and SiO clumps located 3"-4" downstream (farther from the IR source) in the flow. The high-excitation CO line and the NH_3 are likely tracing the heated gas entrained in different parts of the bow shocks. By interpreting our observations in terms of a jet-driven model, we estimate the density in the underlying jet to be at least 10^5 cm^-3. The outflow appears much more compact and in a different orientation than the arcminute-scale north/south flow seen in low-J transitions of CO. These observations represent the first successful operation of a superconductive HEB receiver on a telescope and demonstrate the importance of high-frequency submillimeter lines to the understanding of the protostellar environment.

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