Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-10-09
Astrophys.J.691:1729-1737,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
26 pages, 9 figures, accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/691/2/1729
We present millimeter interferometric observations of the young stellar object SVS13 in NCG1333 in the N2H+(1-0) line and at 1.4 and 3mm dust continuum, using the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer. The results are complemented by infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The millimeter dust continuum images resolve four sources (A, B, C, and VLA3) in SVS13. With the dust continuum images, we derive gas masses of 0.2-1.1 M_sun for the sources. N2H+(1-0) line emission is detected and spatially associated with the dust continuum sources B and VLA3. The observed mean line width is ~0.48 km/s and the estimated virial mass is ~0.7 M_sun. By simultaneously fitting the seven hyperfine line components of N2H+, we derive the velocity field and find a symmetric velocity gradient of about 28 km/s/pc across sources B and VLA3, which could be explained by core rotation. The velocity field suggests that sources B and VLA3 are forming a physically bound protobinary system embedded in a common N2H+ core. Spitzer images show mid-infrared emission from sources A and C, which is spatially associated with the mm dust continuum emission. No infrared emission is detected from source B, implying that the source is deeply embedded. Based on the morphologies and velocity structure, we propose a hierarchical fragmentation picture for SVS13 where the three sources (A, B, and C) were formed by initial fragmentation of a filamentary prestellar core, while the protobinary system (sources B and VLA3) was formed by rotational fragmentation of a single collapsing sub-core.
Chen Xuepeng
Henning Thomas
Launhardt Ralf
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