Near-infrared observations of IRAS sources in and near dense cores

Details Near-infrared observations of IRAS sources in and near dense cores Near-infrared observations of IRAS sources in and near dense cores

Oct 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986inpr.conf...35f&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Ames Research Center Summer School on Interstellar Processes: Abstracts of Contributed Papers p 35-36 (SEE N87-15043 0

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Infrared Astronomy, Interstellar Extinction, Molecular Clouds, Near Infrared Radiation, Spectral Emission, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Radiation, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Stellar Color

Scientific paper

We report 0.4 to 20 micron photometry of 27 Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) point sources associated with dense cores in nearby dark clouds. It is found that these objects have a bimodal distribution of spectral slopes. The objects in the group with steep spectral slopes are typically within one half power radius of the core peak and are not visible on the POSS. The remainder of the objects are typically further from their cores, are optically visible and have shallow spectral slopes (s is approximately 0.6). Most of the sources in this group which have been previously identified are T Tauri stars. Both the groups of objects have essentially the same luminosity function with median luminosity of 1 to 2 L(solar), which is similiar to the luminosity function for T Tauri stars. The near-infrared (J,H,K,L) colors of the objects have been used to estimate the visual extinction to the stars. This indicates that the typical steep spectrum source has extinction A(upsilon) of approximately 30 magnitudes, which is larger by a factor of 3 to 4 than a uniform core can provide, thus the density must rise steeply in the vicinity of the star. For those objects where optical estimates of the extinction are available the optical estimates are typically smaller than our IR estimates by a factor of 1.6. For multiple scattering by grains that scatter primarily in the forward direction, this implies a grain albedo of 0.4 at V, consistent with theoretical predictions for bare grains. Using this derived extinction, the FIR emission from a spherical shell with an inverse power law density which contributes the correct amount of extinction has been modelled. It is shown that to be consistent with both the observations of the density of the core at a scale of 1.5 x 10(17) cm and the extinction derived from the near-IR colors there must be a circumstellar hole of radius 10-100 A.U. for all density laws with exponents greater than 1.2. It is also shown that a component in addition to the star and circumstellar shell is necessary to match the observed spectrum of steep spectrum sources.

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