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异常CO2冰向HOPS-68:原恒星反馈的示踪

Anomalous CO2 Ice Toward HOPS-68: A Tracer of Protostellar Feedback

Charles A. Poteet, Klaus M. Pontoppidan, S. Thomas Megeath, Dan M. Watson, Karoliina Isokoski, Jon E. Bjorkman, Patrick D. Sheehan, Harold Linnartz

摘要:

我们报告检测到一个独特的CO2冰带对深埋,低质量的原恒星HOPS-68。我们的光谱是用斯皮策太空望远镜上的红外光谱仪获得的,揭示了一个15.2微米的CO2冰弯曲模式剖面,无法用通常在其他原恒星上发现的相同冰结构进行建模。我们开发了一个修改后的CO2冰剖面分解,包括添加新的高品质的纯,结晶CO2冰的实验室光谱。使用这个模型,我们发现87-92%的CO2被封存为球形的富含CO2的地幔,而典型的星际冰显示出形状不规则的富含氢的地幔的证据。我们认为:(1)HOPS-68在视线方向上几乎完全没有未处理的冰是由于其扁平的包层结构,其外层包层中缺乏冷吸收材料,并且在其内部(10 AU)包层区域内具有极端集中的材料;(2)一个高能事件导致内部包层冰蒸发,然后冷却和再冷凝,解释了球形二氧化碳冰帽在贫氢混合物中的封存。升华的机制可能是一个短暂的吸积事件或冲击之间的相互作用区域的原恒星流出和信封。所提出的方案是一致的罕见的观测到的CO2冰剖面,形成近纯CO2冰,和生产的球形冰地幔。因此,HOPS-68可能提供了一个独特的窗口,以了解原恒星的反馈过程,因为外流和加热塑造了原恒星封套和分子云的物理和化学结构。

英文摘要:

We report the detection of a unique CO2 ice band toward the deeply embedded, low-mass protostar HOPS-68. Our spectrum, obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals a 15.2 micron CO2 ice bending mode profile that cannot modeled with the same ice structure typically found toward other protostars. We develop a modified CO2 ice profile decomposition, including the addition of new high-quality laboratory spectra of pure, crystalline CO2 ice. Using this model, we find that 87-92% of the CO2 is sequestered as spherical, CO2-rich mantles, while typical interstellar ices show evidence of irregularly-shaped, hydrogen-rich mantles. We propose that (1) the nearly complete absence of unprocessed ices along the line-of-sight is due to the flattened envelope structure of HOPS-68, which lacks cold absorbing material in its outer envelope, and possesses an extreme concentration of material within its inner (10 AU) envelope region and (2) an energetic event led to the evaporation of inner envelope ices, followed by cooling and re-condensation, explaining the sequestration of spherical, CO2 ice mantles in a hydrogen-poor mixture. The mechanism responsible for the sublimation could be either a transient accretion event or shocks in the interaction region between the protostellar outflow and envelope. The proposed scenario is consistent with the rarity of the observed CO2 ice profile, the formation of nearly pure CO2 ice, and the production of spherical ice mantles. HOPS-68 may therefore provide a unique window into the protostellar feedback process, as outflows and heating shape the physical and chemical structure of protostellar envelopes and molecular clouds.

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