[OI]63micron jets in class 0 sources detected by Herschel
Abstract
We present Herschel PACS mapping observations of the [OI]63 micron line towards protostellar outflows in the L1448, NGC1333-IRAS4, HH46, BHR71 and VLA1623 star forming regions. We detect emission spatially resolved along the outflow direction, which can be associated with a low excitation atomic jet. In the L1448-C, HH46 IRS and BHR71 IRS1 outflows this emission is kinematically resolved into blue- and red-shifted jet lobes, having radial velocities up to 200 km/s. In the L1448-C atomic jet the velocity increases with the distance from the protostar, similarly to what observed in the SiO jet associated with this source. This suggests that [OI] and molecular gas are kinematically connected and that this latter could represent the colder cocoon of a jet at higher excitation. Mass flux rates (\.M(OI)) have been measured from the [OI]63micron luminosity adopting two independent methods. We find values in the range 1-4 10 Mo/yr for all sources but HH46, for which an order of magnitude higher value is estimated. \.M(OI) are compared with mass accretion rates (\.M) onto the protostar and with \.M derived from ground-based CO observations. \.M(OI)/\.M ratios are in the range 0.05-0.5, similar to the values for more evolved sources. \.M(OI) in HH46 IRS and IRAS4A are comparable to \.M(CO), while those of the remaining sources are significantly lower than the corresponding \.M(CO). We speculate that for these three sources most of the mass flux is carried out by a molecular jet, while the warm atomic gas does not significantly contribute to the dynamics of the system.
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@article{arxiv.1501.03681,
title = {[OI]63micron jets in class 0 sources detected by Herschel},
author = {B. Nisini and G. Santangelo and T. Giannini and S. Antoniucci and S. Cabrit and C. Codella and C. J. Davis and J. Eisloeffel and L. Kristensen and G. Herczeg and D. Neufeld and E. F. van Dishoeck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.03681},
year = {2015}
}
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37 pages and 12 figures, accepted for publication on Astrophysical Journal