Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-12-11
Astrophys.J.641:357-372,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
41 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables, one of the author institutions revised
Scientific paper
10.1086/500352
We present infrared echelle spectroscopy of three Herbig-Haro (HH) driving sources (SVS 13, B5-IRS 1 and HH 34 IRS) using Subaru-IRCS. The large diameter of the telescope and wide spectral coverage of the spectrograph allowed us to detect several H_2 and [Fe II] lines in the H- and K-bands. These include H_2 lines arising from v=1-3 and J=1-11, and [Fe II] lines with upper level energies of E/k=1.1-2.7x10^4 K. For all objects the outflow is found to have two velocity components: (1) a high-velocity (-70 to -130 km s^-1) component (HVC), seen in [Fe II] or H_2 emission and associated with a collimated jet; and (2) a low-velocity (-10 to -30 km s^-1) component (LVC), which is seen in H_2 emission only and is spatially more compact. Such a kinematic structure resembles optical forbidden emission line outflows associated with classical T Tauri stars, whereas the presence of H_2 emission reflects the low-excitation nature of the outflowing gas close to these protostars. The observed H_2 flux ratios indicate a temperature of 2-3x10^3 K, and a gas density of 10^5 cm^-3 or more, supporting shocks as the heating mechanism. B5-IRS 1 exhibits faint extended emission associated with the H_2-LVC, in which the radial velocity slowly increases with distance from the protostar (by ~20 km s^-1 at ~500 AU). This is explained as warm molecular gas entrained by an unseen wide-angled wind. The [Fe II] flux ratios indicate electron densities to be ~10^4 cm^-3 or greater, similar to forbidden line outflows associated with classical T Tauri stars. Finally the kinematic structure of the [Fe II] emission associated with the base of the B5-IRS 1 and HH 34 IRS outflows is shown to support disk-wind models.
Bailey Jeremy
Chrysostomou Antonio
Davis Christopher J.
Dent William R. F.
Pyo Tae-Soo
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