Spitzer spectral line mapping of protostellar outflows: I. Basic data and outflow energetics

Details Spitzer spectral line mapping of protostellar outflows: I. Basic data and outflow energetics Spitzer spectral line mapping of protostellar outflows: I. Basic data and outflow energetics

2009-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/0910.1107v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

38 pages including 17 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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We report the results of spectroscopic mapping observations carried out toward protostellar outflows in the BHR71, L1157, L1448, NGC 2071, and VLA 1623 molecular regions using the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) of the Spitzer Space Telescope. These observations, covering the 5.2 - 37 micron spectral region, provide detailed maps of the 8 lowest pure rotational lines of molecular hydrogen and of the [SI] 25.25 micron and [FeII] 26.0 micron fine structure lines. The molecular hydrogen lines, believed to account for a large fraction of the radiative cooling from warm molecular gas that has been heated by a non-dissociative shock, allow the energetics of the outflows to be elucidated. Within the regions mapped towards these 5 outflow sources, total H2 luminosities ranging from 0.02 to 0.75 L(solar) were inferred for the sum of the 8 lowest pure rotational transitions. By contrast, the much weaker [FeII] 26.0 micron fine structure transition traces faster, dissociative shocks; here, only a small fraction of the fast shock luminosity emerges as line radiation that can be detected with Spitzer/IRS.

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