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Transition from the Infalling Envelope to the Keplerian Disk around L1551 IRS 5

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-23 v1

Abstract

We present combined SubMillimeter Array (SMA) + Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) images of the Class I protobinary L1551 IRS 5 in the CS (JJ = 7--6) line, the submillimeter images of L1551 IRS 5 with the most complete spatial sampling ever achieved (0.90''.9 -- 3636''). The SMA image of L1551 IRS 5 in the 343 GHz dust-continuum emission is also presented, which shows an elongated feature along the northwest to southeast direction (\sim160 AU ×\times 80 AU), perpendicular to the associated radio jets. The combined SMA+ASTE images show that the high-velocity (\gtrsim1.5 km s1^{-1}) CS emission traces the structure of the dust component and shows a velocity gradient along the major axis, which is reproduced by a geometrically-thin Keplerian-disk model with a central stellar mass of \sim0.5 MM_{\odot}. The low-velocity (\lesssim1.3 km s1^{-1}) CS emission shows an extended (\sim1000 AU) feature that exhibits slight south (blueshifted) to north (redshifted) emission offsets, which is modeled with a rotating and infalling envelope with a conserved angular momentum. The rotational motion of the envelope connects smoothly to the inner Keplerian rotation at a radius of \sim64 AU. The infalling velocity of the envelope is \simthree times lower than the free-fall velocity toward the central stellar mass of 0.5 MM_{\odot}. These results demonstrate transition from the infalling envelope to the Keplerian disk, consistent with the latest theoretical studies of disk formation. We suggest that sizable (rr\sim50--200 AU) Keplerian disks are already formed when the protostars are still deeply embedded in the envelopes.

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@article{arxiv.1410.3927,
  title  = {Transition from the Infalling Envelope to the Keplerian Disk around L1551 IRS 5},
  author = {Ti-Lin Chou and Shigehisa Takakuwa and Hsi-Wei Yen and Nagayoshi Ohashi and Paul T. P. Ho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.3927},
  year   = {2015}
}