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Forbidden emission lines in protostellar outflows and jets with MUSE

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2023-01-09 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

Forbidden emission lines in protoplanetary disks are a key diagnostic in studies of the evolution of the disk and the host star. We report spatially resolved emission lines, [OI] 6300, 6363, [NII] 6548, 6583, Hα\alpha, and [SII] 6716, 6730 Angstrom that are believed to be associated with jets and magnetically driven winds in the inner disks. Observations were carried out with the optical integral field spectrograph of the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE), at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). With a resolution of 0.025 X 0.025 arcsec2^{2}, we aim to derive the position angle of the outflow/jet (PAoutflow/jet_{outflow/jet}) that is connected with the inner disk. The forbidden emission lines analyzed here have their origin at the inner parts of the protoplanetary disk. From the maximum intensity emission along the outflow/jet in DL Tau, CI Tau, DS Tau, IP Tau, and IM Lup, we were able to reliably measure the PAoutflow/jet_{outflow/jet} for most of the identified lines. We found that our estimates agree with PAdust_{dust} for most of the disks. These estimates depend on the signal-to-noise level and the collimation of the outflow (jet). The outflows/jets in CIDA 9, GO Tau, and GW Lup are too compact for a PAoutflow/jet_{outflow/jet} to be estimated. Based on our kinematics analysis, we confirm that DL Tau and CI Tau host a strong outflow/jet with line-of-sight velocities much greater than 100 km s1^{-1}, whereas DS Tau, IP Tau, and IM Lup velocities are lower and their structures encompass low-velocity components to be more associated with winds. Our estimates for the mass-loss rate, M˙loss\dot{M}_{{loss}}, range between (1.1-6.5)X107^{-7}-108^{-8} MM_{\odot} yr1^{-1} for the disk-outflow/jet systems analyzed here. The outflow/jet systems analyzed here are aligned within around 1 degree between the inner and outer disk. Further observations are needed to confirm a potential misalignment in IM Lup.

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@article{arxiv.2301.02559,
  title  = {Forbidden emission lines in protostellar outflows and jets with MUSE},
  author = {Lizxandra Flores-Rivera and Mario Flock and Nicolás Kurtovic and Bernd Husemann and Andrea Banzatti and Simon C. Ringqvist and Sebastian Kamann and André Müller and Christian Fendt and Rebeca Garcia Lopez and Gabriel-Dominique Marleau and Thomas Henning and Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez and Roy van Boekel and Miriam Keppler and Ralf Launhardt and Yuhiko Aoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.02559},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Accepted on December 19 2022

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