We present an observational study of the protostellar core B335 harboring a low-mass Class 0 source. The observations of the H13CO+(J=1-0) line emission were carried out using the Nobeyama 45 m telescope and Nobeyama Millimeter Array. Our combined image of the interferometer and single-dish data depicts detailed structures of the dense envelope within the core. We found that the core has a radial density profile of n(r) prop. r^-p and a reliable difference in the power-law indices between the outer and inner regions of the core: p~2 for r >= 4000 AU and p ~ 1.5 for r <= 4000 AU}. The dense core shows a slight overall velocity gradient of ~1.0 km s^-1 over the scale of 20,000 AU across the outflow axis. We believe that this velocity gradient represents a solid-body-like rotation of the core. The dense envelope has a quite symmetrical velocity structure with a remarkable line broadening toward the core center, which is especially prominent in the position-velocity diagram across the outflow axis. The model calculations of position-velocity diagrams do a good job of reproducing observational results using the collapse model of an isothermal sphere in which the core has an inner free-fall region and an outer region conserving the conditions at the formation stage of a central stellar object. We derived a central stellar mass of ~0.1 M_sun, and suggest a small inward velocity, v(r>r_inf) ~ 0 km s^-1 in the outer core at >= 4000 AU. We concluded that our data can be well explained by gravitational collapse with a quasi-static initial condition, such as Shu's model, or by the isothermal collapse of a marginally critical Bonnor-Ebert sphere.
Unveiling Stellar Feedback and Cloud Structure in the $ρ$ Ophiuchi A Region with ALMA and JWST: Discovery of Substellar Cores, C$^{18}$O Striations, and Protostellar Outflows
A JWST, ALMA and VLA survey of the Ophiuchus-A star-forming region: Unveiling hidden dust mass and connecting infrared outflows to their radio origins
University of Leeds(利兹大学);Universitat de Barcelona(巴塞罗那大学);Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya(加泰罗尼亚空间研究所);National Sun Yat-Sen University(国立中山大学);National Taiwan Normal University(国立台湾师范大学);Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院喷气推进实验室)
Velocity Structure of Circumstellar Environment around Class 0/I Protostars: Uncertainty in the Protostellar Mass Estimation Using Circumstellar Velocities
Unveiling the properties of pulsating low-mass helium-core white dwarfs through TESS asteroseismology I. First results
Universidad Nacional de La Plata(拉普拉塔国立大学);CONICET-UNLP(阿根廷国家科学研究委员会-拉普拉塔国立大学);City University of New York Graduate Center(纽约市立大学研究生院);KU Leuven(荷语鲁汶大学);Queens College, City University of New York(纽约市立大学皇后学院);Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya(加泰罗尼亚理工大学);Boston University(波士顿大学)