English

Probing Velocity Structures of Protostellar Envelopes: Infalling and Rotating Envelopes within Turbulent Dense Cores

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2023-01-18 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We have observed the three low-mass protostars, IRAS 15398-3359, L1527 IRS and TMC-1A, with the ALMA 12-m array, the ACA 7-m array, and the IRAM-30m and APEX telescopes in the C18^{18}O J=2J=2-1 emission. Overall, the C18^{18}O emission shows clear velocity gradients at radii of \sim100-1000 au, which likely originate from rotation of envelopes, while velocity gradients are less clear and velocity structures are more perturbed on scales of \sim1000-10,000 au. IRAS 15398-3359 and L1527 IRS show a break at radii of \sim1200 and \sim1700 au in the radial profile of the peak velocity, respectively. The peak velocity is proportional to r1.38r^{-1.38} or r1.7r^{-1.7} within the break radius, which can be interpreted as indicating a rotational motion of the envelope with a degree of contamination of gas motions on larger spatial scales. The peak velocity follows vpeakr0.68v_\mathrm{peak} \propto r^{0.68} or vpeakr0.46v_\mathrm{peak} \propto r^{0.46} outside the break radius, which is similar to the J/MJ/M-RR relation of dense cores. TMC-1A exhibits the radial profile of the peak velocity not consistent with the rotational motion of the envelope nor the J/MJ/M-RR relation. The origin of the relation of vpeakr0.46-0.68v_\mathrm{peak} \propto r^{0.46\operatorname{-}0.68} is investigated by examining correlations of the velocity deviation (δv\delta v) and the spatial scale (τ\tau) in the two sources. Obtained spatial correlations, δvτ0.6\delta v \propto \tau^{\sim0.6}, are consistent with the scaling law predicted by turbulence models, which may suggest the large-scale velocity structures originate from turbulence.

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@article{arxiv.2301.06969,
  title  = {Probing Velocity Structures of Protostellar Envelopes: Infalling and Rotating Envelopes within Turbulent Dense Cores},
  author = {Jinshi Sai and Nagayoshi Ohashi and Hsi-Wei Yen and Anaëlle J. Maury and Sébastien Maret},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06969},
  year   = {2023}
}

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29 pages, 16 figures