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巨蛇座星系团南部的分子外流和turbulence的评估

Assessing molecular outflows and turbulence in the protostellar cluster Serpens South

Adele L. Plunkett, Hector G. Arce, Stuartt A. Corder, Michael M. Dunham, Guido Garay, Diego Mardones

摘要:

由原恒星团成员驱动的分子外流可能会影响它们的周围环境,并导致湍流,影响随后的恒星形成。非常年轻的巨蛇座南星团由特别高的原恒星密度和比例组成,产生了原恒星流出及其对星团环境影响的相关案例研究。我们结合CO $J=1-0$观测这一地区使用组合阵列研究毫米波天文学(CARMA)和研究所射电天文学毫米(IRAM)30米单碟望远镜。结合地图使我们能够探测CO流出的中心,最活跃的区域在0.01 pc到0.8 pc的大小尺度。我们考虑到线不透明度和激发温度变化的影响,将$^{12}$ CO和$^{13}$ CO数据的$J=1-0$和$J=3-2$转换(使用阿塔卡玛探路者实验和加州理工学院亚毫米波天文台观测的CO转换),我们计算质量,动量和能量的分子流出在这个区域。流出的质量损失率,力和光度,与湍流和重力的诊断相比,表明流出驱动足够的能量来维持湍流,但没有足够的能量来基本上抵消重力势能和破坏团块。此外,我们比较巨蛇座南部与稍微更进化的集群NGC 1333,我们提出了一个经验的方案,在不同的演化阶段流出集群的相互作用。

英文摘要:

Molecular outflows driven by protostellar cluster members likely impact their surroundings and contribute to turbulence, affecting subsequent star formation. The very young Serpens South cluster consists of a particularly high density and fraction of protostars, yielding a relevant case study for protostellar outflows and their impact on the cluster environment. We combined CO $J=1-0$ observations of this region using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) and the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30 m single dish telescope. The combined map allows us to probe CO outflows within the central, most active region at size scales of 0.01 pc to 0.8 pc. We account for effects of line opacity and excitation temperature variations by incorporating $^{12}$CO and $^{13}$CO data for the $J=1-0$ and $J=3-2$ transitions (using Atacama Pathfinder Experiment and Caltech Submillimeter Observatory observations for the higher CO transitions), and we calculate mass, momentum, and energy of the molecular outflows in this region. The outflow mass loss rate, force, and luminosity, compared with diagnostics of turbulence and gravity, suggest that outflows drive a sufficient amount of energy to sustain turbulence, but not enough energy to substantially counter the gravitational potential energy and disrupt the clump. Further, we compare Serpens South with the slightly more evolved cluster NGC 1333, and we propose an empirical scenario for outflow-cluster interaction at different evolutionary stages.

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