Modeling the Physical Structure of the Low Density Pre-protostellar Core Lynds 1498

Details Modeling the Physical Structure of the Low Density Pre-protostellar Core Lynds 1498 Modeling the Physical Structure of the Low Density Pre-protostellar Core Lynds 1498

2005-05-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505171v1

Astrophys.J. 632 (2005) 982-1000

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

26 pages, 10 figures (2 color figs). Accepted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/431963

Lynds 1498 is a pre-protostellar core (PPC) and was one of the initial objects toward which molecular depletion and differentiation was detected. Despite the considerable scrutiny of L1498, there has not been a extensive study of the density and temperature structure as derived from radiative transfer modeling of dust continuum observations. We present deep SCUBA observations of L1498 at 850 and 450 micron, high resolution BEARS maps of the N2H+ 1-0 transition, CSO observations of the N2H+ 3-2 transition, and GBT observations of the C3S 4-3 transition. We also present a comparison of derived properties between L1498 and nearby PPCs that have been observed at far-infrared and submillimeter wavelengths. We present a more realistic treatment of PPC heating which varies the strength of the ISRF, Sisrf, and includes attenuation of the ISRF due to dust grains at the outer radius of the core, Av. The best-fitted model consists of a Bonner-Ebert sphere with a central density of 1 - 3 x 10^4 cm-3, R_o ~ 0.29 pc, 0.5 <= Sisrf <= 1, Av ~ 1 mag, and a nearly isothermal temperature profile of ~ 10.5 K for OH8 opacities. C3S emission shows a central depletion hole while N2H+ emission is centrally peaked. The observed depletions of C3S and H2CO, the modest N2H+ abundance, and a central density that is an order of magnitude lower than other modeled PPCs suggests that L1498 may be a forming PPC. Our derived temperature and density profile will improve modeling of molecular line observations that will explicate the core's kinematical and chemical state. (abridged)

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