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IGRINS Near-IR High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Multiple Jets around LkH$\alpha$ 234

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2016-02-02 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present the results of high-resolution near-IR spectroscopy toward the multiple outflows around the Herbig Be star Lk{\Ha} 234 using the Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph (IGRINS). Previous studies indicate that the region around Lk{\Ha} 234 is complex, with several embedded YSOs and the outflows associated with them. In simultaneous H- and K-band spectra from HH 167, we detected 5 {\FeII} and 14 H2_{2} emission lines. We revealed a new {\FeII} jet driven by radio continuum source VLA 3B. Position-velocity diagrams of H2_{2} 1-0 S(1) λ\lambda2.122 \micron\micron line show multiple velocity peaks. The kinematics may be explained by a geometrical bow shock model. We detected a component of H2_{2} emission at the systemic velocity (VLSR_{LSR} == -10.2 {\kms}) along the whole slit in all slit positions, which may arise from the ambient photodissociation region. Low-velocity gas dominates the molecular hydrogen emission from knots A and B in HH 167, which is close to the systemic velocity, {\FeII} emission lines are detected at farther from the systemic velocity, at VLSR_{LSR} == -100 - -130 {\kms}. We infer that the H2_{2} emission arises from shocked gas entrained by a high-velocity outflow. Population diagrams of H2_{2} lines imply that the gas is thermalized at a temperature of 2,500 - 3,000 K and the emission results from shock excitation.

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@article{arxiv.1601.03127,
  title  = {IGRINS Near-IR High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Multiple Jets around LkH$\alpha$ 234},
  author = {Heeyoung Oh and Tae-Soo Pyo and In-Soo Yuk and Byeong-Gon Park and Chan Park and Moo-Young Chun and Soojong Pak and Kang-Min Kim and Jae Sok Oh and Ueejeong Jeong and Young Sam Yu and Jae-Joon Lee and Hwihyun Kim and Narae Hwang and Kyle Kaplan and Michael Pavel and Gregory Mace and Hye-In Lee and Huynh Anh Nguyen Le and Sungho Lee and Daniel T. Jaffe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.03127},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Accepted for publication in ApJ