Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-02-15
The Promise of the Herschel Space Observatory. Eds. G.L. Pilbratt, J. Cernicharo, A.M. Heras, T. Prusti, & R. Harris. ESA-SP 4
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Proceedings of "The Promise of the Herschel Space Observatory" symposium, 12-15 December 2000, Toledo, Spain. 4 pages, 5 figur
Scientific paper
We present observations towards one of the closest regions of high mass star formation, Orion BN/KL, performed at both low resolution mode (grating mode) and high resolution mode (Fabry-Perot) with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory. We detected the CO rotational lines from Jup = 15 to Jup = 45. While the lines with Jup<= 32 are spectrally unresolved, the higher lying lines show a broadened profile. Finally, we detected two 13CO lines, namely at Jup = 18 and 24, from which we could derive the opacities of the relative 12CO lines. The LVG analysis of the observed line spectrum allows to distinguish three main physical components with different temperatures, densities and column densities: 1) lines with Jup< 20 originate mainly in the diffuse photodissociation region surrounding the source; 2) lines with Jup between 20 and 30 originate in the high velocity outflow (plateau) emanating from IrC2; 3) lines with Jup > 32 originate in the hot and dense gas of the shocked component of the outflow. We discuss how future observations with HIFI, onboard the Far Infrared Space Telescope (FIRST) will allow to spectrally and spatially disentangle the three components, and, consequently, characterise more precisely the Orion BN/KL star forming region.
Baluteau Jean-Paul
Caux Emmanuel
Ceccarelli Cecilia
Gry Cecile
Maret Sebastian
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