English

Constraining the Infalling Envelope Models of Embedded Protostars: BHR 71 and its Hot Corino

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2020-03-11 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

The collapse of the protostellar envelope results in the growth of the protostar and the development of a protoplanetary disk, playing a critical role during the early stages of star formation. Characterizing the gas infall in the envelope constrains the dynamical models of star formation. We present unambiguous signatures of infall, probed by optically thick molecular lines, toward an isolated embedded protostar, BHR 71 IRS1. The three dimensional radiative transfer calculations indicate that a slowly rotating infalling envelope model following the "inside-out" collapse reproduces the observations of both HCO+^{+} J=43J=4\rightarrow3 and CS J=76J=7\rightarrow6 lines, and the low velocity emission of the HCN J=43J=4\rightarrow3 line. The envelope has a model-derived age of 12000±\pm3000 years after the initial collapse. The envelope model underestimates the high velocity emission at the HCN J=43J=4\rightarrow3 and H13^{13}CN J=43J=4\rightarrow3 lines, where outflows or a Keplerian disk may contribute. The ALMA observations serendipitously discover the emission of complex organic molecules (COMs) concentrated within a radius of 100 au, indicating that BHR 71 IRS1 harbors a hot corino. Eight species of COMs are identified, including CH3_{3}OH and CH3_{3}OCHO, along with H2_{2}CS, SO2_{2} and HCN v2=1v_{2}=1. The emission of methyl formate and 13^{13}C-methanol shows a clear velocity gradient within a radius of 50 au, hinting at an unresolved Keplerian rotating disk.

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@article{arxiv.2002.01478,
  title  = {Constraining the Infalling Envelope Models of Embedded Protostars: BHR 71 and its Hot Corino},
  author = {Y. -L. Yang and N. J. Evans and A. Smith and J. -E. Lee and J. J. Tobin and S. Terebey and H. Calcutt and J. K. Jorgensen and J. D. Green and T. L. Bourke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.01478},
  year   = {2020}
}

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42 pages, 38 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ