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Three-dimensional Shock Structure of Orion KL Outflow with IGRINS

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2016-12-28 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We report a study of the three-dimensional (3D) outflow structure of a 15\arcsec\arcsec ×\times 13\arcsec\arcsec area around H2_{2} peak 1 in Orion KL with slit-scan observations (13 slits) using the Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph. The datacubes, with high velocity-resolution (\sim 7.5 {\kms}) provide high contrast imaging within ultra-narrow bands, and enable the detection of the main stream of the previously reported H2_{2} outflow fingers. We identified 31 distinct fingers in H2_{2} 1-0 S(1) λ\lambda2.122 \micron\micron emission. The line profile at each finger shows multiple-velocity peaks with a strong low-velocity component around the systemic velocity at \VLSR{\VLSR} = ++8 {\kms} and high velocity emission (|\VLSR{\VLSR}| = 45-135 {\kms}) indicating a typical bow-shock. The observed radial velocity gradients of \sim 4 {\kms} arcsec1^{-1} agree well with the velocities inferred from large-scale proper motions, where the projected motion is proportional to distance from a common origin. We construct a conceptual 3D map of the fingers with the estimated inclination angles of 57°\degree-74°\degree. The extinction difference (Δ\DeltaAvA_{\rm v} >> 10 mag) between blueshifted and redshifted fingers indicates high internal extinction. The extinction, the overall angular spread and scale of the flow argue for an ambient medium with very high density (105^{5}-106^{6} cm3^{-3}), consistent with molecular line observations of the OMC core. The radial velocity gradients and the 3D distributions of the fingers together support the hypothesis of simultaneous, radial explosion of the Orion KL outflow.

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@article{arxiv.1610.09459,
  title  = {Three-dimensional Shock Structure of Orion KL Outflow with IGRINS},
  author = {Heeyoung Oh and Tae-Soo Pyo and Kyle F. Kaplan and In-Soo Yuk and Byeong-Gon Park and Gregory Mace and Chan Park and Moo-Young Chun and Soojong Pak and Kang-Min Kim and Jae Sok Oh and Ueejeong Jeong and Young Yu and Jae-Joon Lee and Hwihyun Kim and Narae Hwang and Hye-In Lee and Huynh Anh Le and Sungho Lee and Daniel T. Jaffe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.09459},
  year   = {2016}
}

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32 pages, 12 figure, 2 tables, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal