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Shocks and PDRs in an intermediate mass star forming globule: the case of IC1396N
The dark globule IC1396N is a typical example of a star formation process induced by radiation driven implosion due to the strong UV field from a nearby O6 star. The IRAS source embedded in the globule and its associated molecular outflow have been observed with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS) on ISO revealing an extremely rich spectrum including: CO rotational lines from J=14-13 up to J=28-27, rotational lines from ortho-H2O, OH lines involving the first four rotational levels of both ladders, atomic (OI 63μm, OI 145μm) and ionic (CII 157μm, OIII 52μm, OIII 88μm) lines. A complex picture arises, where an externally illuminated PDR coexists with strong C-shocks within IC1396N and whose origin is not clear
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High-J CO line emission from young stellar objects: from ISO to FIRST
we present the CO pure rotational spectrum at high J (Jup14) obtained with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS) on board of the ISO satellite towards molecular outflows exciting sources in nearby star formation regions. The physical conditions, derived using an LVG model for the line emission, indicate the presence of warm and dense gas, probably shock excited. The model fits show that often the bulk of this CO emission is expected in the spectral range that will be covered by FIRST, indicating the potentiality of this satellite to trace the warm component of gas emission in young stellar objects
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ISO-LWS grating spectroscopy: the case of R CrA star forming region
We present the far infrared spectra of the R CrA star forming region obtained with ISO-LWS. We collected a pointed observation on the Herbig Ae star R CrA and a raster scan covering the surrounding region, where HH100 (with its exciting source) and the pre-Main Sequence star T CrA are located. The OI 63μm and the CII 158μm lines have been detected in all the pointed positions, with a ratio consistent with PDR excitation. CO rotational lines (between Jup=14 and Jup=19) are detected on R CrA; from their intensities we derived, using a LVG model, the density and temperature of the emitting region. Other molecular transitions (OH and H2O) have been detected on the investigated objects; the derived cooling of all the molecular species is in agreement with C-shock as the likely excitation mechanism. The continuum emission of R CrA peaks around 100μm (as expected for a Herbig star) while the other sources (T CrA, HH100) show increasing continua up to ~200μm, indicating that they are probably less evolved sources
Jets and Outflows From Star to Cloud: Observations Confront Theory
In this review we focus on the role jets and outflows play in the star and
planet formation process. Our essential question can be posed as follows: are
jets/outflows merely an epiphenomenon associated with star formation or do they
play an important role in mediating the physics of assembling stars both
individually and globally? We address this question by reviewing the current
state of observations and their key points of contact with theory. Our review
of jet/outflow phenomena is organized into three length-scale domains: Source
and Disk Scales ( au) where the connection with protostellar and disk
evolution theories is paramount; Envelope Scales ( au) where the
chemistry and propagation shed further light on the jet launching process, its
variability and its impact on the infalling envelope; Parent Cloud Scales
( au) where global momentum injection into cluster/cloud
environments become relevant. Issues of feedback are of particular importance
on the smallest scales where planet formation regions in a disk may be impacted
by the presence of disk winds, irradiation by jet shocks or shielding by the
winds. Feedback on envelope scales may determine the final stellar mass
(core-to-star efficiency) and envelope dissipation. Feedback also plays an
important role on the larger scales with outflows contributing to turbulent
support within clusters including alteration of cluster star formation
efficiencies (feedback on larger scales currently appears unlikely). A
particularly novel dimension of our review is that we consider results on jet
dynamics from the emerging field of High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics
(HEDLA). HEDLA is now providing direct insights into the 3-D dynamics of fully
magnetized, hypersonic, radiative outflows.Comment: Accepted for publication as a chapter in Protostars and Planets VI,
University of Arizona Press (2014), eds. H. Beuther, R. Klessen, C.
Dullemond, Th. Hennin
A Cluster of Compact Radio Sources in NGC 2024 (Orion B)
We present deep 3.6 cm radio continuum observations of the H II region NGC
2024 in Orion B obtained using the Very Large Array in its A-configuration,
with angular resolution. We detect a total of 25 compact radio
sources in a region of . We discuss the nature of these sources
and its relation with the infrared and X-ray objects in the region. At least
two of the radio sources are obscured proplyds whose morphology can be used to
restrict the location of the main ionizing source of the region. This cluster
of radio sources is compared with others that have been found in regions of
recent star formation.Comment: 21 pages, 7 figure
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Strong H<sub>2</sub>O and high-<i>J</i> CO emission towards the Class 0 protostar L1448-mm
The spectrum of the Class 0 source L1448-mm has been measured over the wavelength range extending from 6 to 190 μm with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS) and the Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) on the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The far infrared spectrum is dominated by strong emission from gaseous H2O and from CO transitions with rotational quantum numbers J ≥ 14; in addition, the H2 pure rotational lines S(3), S(4) and S(5), the OH fundamental line at 119 μm, as well as emission from [O I]63 μm and [C II] 158 μm are also observed. The strong CO and water emission can be consistently explained as originating in a warm gas component at T ~ 700-1400 K and nH2~(3-50) 104cm-3 , which fills about 0.2-2% of the ~ 75" LWS field of view (corresponding, assuming a single emitting region, to a physical size of about (3-12)" or (0.5-2) 10-2 pc at d = 300 pc). We derive an H2O/CO abundance ratio ~ 5, which, assuming a standard CO/H2 abundance of 10-4, corresponds to H2O/H2 ~ 5 10-4. This value implies that water is enhanced by about a factor ~ 103 with respect to its expected abundance in the ambient gas. This is consistent with models of warm shocked regions which predict that most of the free atomic oxygen will be rapidly converted into water once the temperature of the post-shocked gas exceeds ~ 300 K. The relatively high density and compact size inferred for this emission may suggest an origin in the shocked region along the molecular jet traced by SiO and EHV CO millimeter line emission. Further support is given by the fact that the observed enhancement in H2O can be explained by shock conditions similar to those expected to produce the abundant SiO observed in the region. L1448-mm shows the largest water abundance so far observed by ISO amongst young sources displaying outflow activity; we argue that the occurrence of multiple shocks over a relatively short interval of time, like that evidenced in the surroundings of L1448-mm, could have contributed to enrich the molecular jet with a high H2O column density
Recipes for stellar jets: results of combined optical/infrared diagnostics
We examine the conditions of the plasma along a sample of 'classical'
Herbig-Haro jets located in the Orion and Vela star forming regions, through
combined optical-infrared spectral diagnostics. Our sample includes HH 111, HH
34, HH 83, HH 73, HH 24 C/E, HH 24 J, observed at moderate spatial/spectral
resolution. The obtained spectra cover a wide wavelength range from 0.6-2.5 um,
including many transitions from regions of different excitation conditions.
This allows us to probe the density and temperature stratification which
characterises the cooling zones behind the shock fronts along the jet. The
derived physical parameters (such as the extinction, the electron density and
temperature, the ionisation fraction, and the total density) are used to
estimate the depletion onto dust grains of Calcium and Iron with respect to
solar abundances. This turns out to be between 70% and 0% for Ca and ~90% for
Fe, suggesting that the weak shocks present in the beams are not capable of
completely destroying the dust grains. We then derive the mass flux rates
(Mdot_jet is on average 5 10^-8 M_solar yr^-1) and the associated linear
momentum fluxes. The latter are higher than, or of the same order as, those
measured in the coaxial molecular flows, suggesting that the flows are jet
driven. Finally, we discuss differences between jets in our sample.Comment: 19 pages, 15 figures, accepted by A&
Mapping water in protostellar outflows with Herschel: PACS and HIFI observations of L1448-C
We investigate on the spatial and velocity distribution of H2O along the
L1448 outflow, its relationship with other tracers, and its abundance
variations, using maps of the o-H2O 1_{10}-1_{01} and 2_{12}-1_{01} transitions
taken with the Herschel-HIFI and PACS instruments, respectively. Water emission
appears clumpy, with individual peaks corresponding to shock spots along the
outflow. The bulk of the 557 GHz line is confined to radial velocities in the
range \pm 10-50 km/s but extended emission associated with the L1448-C extreme
high velocity (EHV) jet is also detected. The H2O 1_{10}-1_{01}/CO(3-2) ratio
shows strong variations as a function of velocity that likely reflect different
and changing physical conditions in the gas responsible for the emissions from
the two species. In the EHV jet, a low H2O/SiO abundance ratio is inferred,
that could indicate molecular formation from dust free gas directly ejected
from the proto-stellar wind. We derive averaged Tkin and n(H2) values of about
300-500 K and 5 10^6 cm-3 respectively, while a water abundance with respect to
H2 of the order of 0.5-1 10^{-6} along the outflow is estimated. The fairly
constant conditions found all along the outflow implies that evolutionary
effects on the timescales of outflow propagation do not play a major role in
the H2O chemistry. The results of our analysis show that the bulk of the
observed H2O lines comes from post-shocked regions where the gas, after being
heated to high temperatures, has been already cooled down to a few hundred K.
The relatively low derived abundances, however, call for some mechanism to
diminish the H2O gas in the post-shock region. Among the possible scenarios, we
favor H2O photodissociation, which requires the superposition of a low velocity
non-dissociative shock with a fast dissociative shock able to produce a FUV
field of sufficient strength.Comment: 16 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication on Astronomy &
Astrophysic
Water distribution in shocked regions of the NGC1333-IRAS4A protostellar outflow
We present the study of the H2O spatial distribution at two bright shocked
regions along IRAS4A, one of the strongest H2O emitters among the Class 0
outflows. We obtained Herschel-PACS maps of the IRAS4A outflow and HIFI
observations of two shocked positions. The largest HIFI beam of 38 arcsec at
557 GHz was mapped in several key water lines with different upper energy
levels, to reveal possible spatial variations of the line profiles. We detect
four H2O lines and CO (16-15) at the two selected positions. In addition,
transitions from related outflow and envelope tracers are detected. Different
gas components associated with the shock are identified in the H2O emission. In
particular, at the head of the red lobe of the outflow, two distinct gas
components with different excitation conditions are distinguished in the HIFI
emission maps: a compact component, detected in the ground-state water lines,
and a more extended one. Assuming that these two components correspond to two
different temperature components observed in previous H2O and CO studies, the
excitation analysis of the H2O emission suggests that the compact (about 3
arcsec) component is associated with a hot (T~1000 K) gas with densities
~(1-4)x10^5 cm^{-3}, whereas the extended one (10-17 arcsec) traces a warm
(T~300-500 K) and dense gas (~(3-5)x10^7 cm^{-3}). Finally, using the CO
(16-15) emission observed at R2, we estimate the H2O/H2 abundance of the warm
and hot components to be (7-10)x10^{-7} and (3-7)x10^{-5}. Our data allowed us,
for the first time, to resolve spatially the two temperature components
previously observed with HIFI and PACS. We propose that the compact hot
component may be associated with the jet that impacts the surrounding material,
whereas the warm, dense, and extended component originates from the compression
of the ambient gas by the propagating flow.Comment: 13 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and
Astrophysic
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