Shocked Molecular Hydrogen from RNO91

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1999-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9903208v1

Astron.Astrophys.344:L9-L12,1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures, use A&A style files

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We report the detection of the H2 v=1-0 S(1) line at 2.122um, from RNO91 in the L43 dark cloud, which is known to be a T Tauri star surrounded by a 1700AU disk structure (containing ices) and a weak outflow. The non-detection of the H2 v=2-1 S(1) line at 2.247um suggests shock excitation rather than fluorescence. The emission is extended spatially up to 9arcsec in the north-south direction. The line intensity peak (FWHM 3arcsec) corresponds to the star RNO91 which is embedded in a cocoon of gas and dust. The observed H2 emission from this cocoon may be attributed to embedded Herbig-Haro like knots. The H2 line flux in the central 2"X3"is estimated to be 7X10^{-14} ergs/sec/cm^{2}, which indicates a mass flow rate of 4X10^{-8} M_{sun}/yr. Furthermore, narrow band image taken through H2 1-0 S(1) filter is presented, which reveal a tilted disk and bipolar outflow structure that agrees with earlier observations and models. We show that this disk/outflow system is a unique case.

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