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L1506:正在形成的星前核

L1506: a prestellar core in the making

Laurent Pagani, Isabelle Ristorcelli, Nathalie Boudet, Martin Giard, Alain Abergel, Jean-Philippe Bernard

摘要:

探索冷无星云的结构和动力学对于理解原恒星形成的不同步骤是必要的。由于云的演化缓慢,因此必须对其中许多云进行详细研究,以了解云生命周期的不同时刻。我们在这里研究金牛座区域的L1506 C,这是一个具有有趣的尘埃特性的核心,PRONAOS球载望远镜已经证明了这一点。为了追踪L1506 C的质量含量及其运动学,我们绘制了尘埃排放,以及两个关键物种C18 O和N2 H+(加上13 CO和C17 O)的线排放。这片云显示出奇特的特征:i)仅由13 CO追踪的大包层,尽管最大不透明度低,但其中心具有强烈C18 O耗尽的小得多的核心(Av~20 mag),ii)极窄的C18 O线,表明低的、不可测量的湍流,iii)由C18 O本身跟踪的收缩(加上旋转),iv)出乎意料地,来自外部包络的运动学签名与核心签名相反:13 CO和C18 O速度梯度具有相反的方向和相反的轮廓(C18 O蓝色峰值,13 CO红色峰值)。核心是大的(r = 3E 4 AU),不是很密集(n(H2)?5E 4 cm-3或更小)。因此,这个核心还不是星前的。所有这些事实表明,核心是运动学脱离其信封,并在形成一个星前核心的过程中。这是第一次观测到星前核的动态形成。极低的湍流可能是该芯强烈耗尽的原因,尽管其密度和不透明度相对较低,与未耗尽的芯如L1521 E相比,其显示出至少4倍高的湍流。

英文摘要:

Exploring the structure and dynamics of cold starless clouds is necessary to understand the different steps leading to the formation of protostars. Because clouds evolve slowly, many of them must be studied in detail to pick up different moments of a cloud's lifetime. We study here L1506C in the Taurus region, a core with interesting dust properties which have been evidenced with the PRONAOS balloon-borne telescope. To trace the mass content of L1506C and its kinematics, we mapped the dust emission, and the line emission of two key species, C18O and N2H+ (plus 13CO and C17O). This cloud shows peculiar features: i) a large envelope traced solely by 13CO holding a much smaller core with a strong C18O depletion in its center despite a low maximum opacity (Av~20 mag), ii) extremely narrow C18O lines indicating a low, non-measurable turbulence, iii) contraction traced by C18O itself (plus rotation), iv) unexpectedly, the kinematical signature from the external envelope is opposite to the core one: the 13CO and C18O velocity gradients have opposite directions and opposite profiles (C18O blue peaked, 13CO red peaked). The core is large (r = 3E4 AU) and not very dense (n(H2) ? 5E4 cm-3 or less). This core is therefore not prestellar yet. All these facts suggest that the core is kinematically detached from its envelope and in the process of forming a prestellar core. This is the first time that the dynamical formation of a prestellar core is witnessed. The extremely low turbulence could be the reason for the strong depletion of this core despite its relatively low density and opacity in contrast with undepleted cores such as L1521E which shows a turbulence at least 4 times as high.

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