THE SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF B335

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作者
CHANDLER, CJ
SARGENT, AI
机构
[1] Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Inst. of Technol., 105-24, Pasadena
关键词
CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER; ISM; JETS AND OUTFLOWS; STARS; FORMATION;
D O I
10.1086/186988
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
High-resolution (2.''8-5'') aperture synthesis maps of the (CO)-C-13, (CO)-O-18 J = 1 --> 0, and continuum emission at 2.7 mm from the Bok globule B335 trace bipolar, high-velocity emission to within 250 AU of its source, and delineate a core which is elongated on scales of 1000 AU perpendicular to the outflow but unresolved along its minor axis. Our images in the optically thick (CO)-C-13 line show well-separated blue- and redshifted outflow lobes, and imply the presence of limb-brightened shells. The outflow opening angle close to its origin is the same as at distances of approximately 5', suggesting that its morphology is determined primarily by a collimated driving wind. The high-density (>3 x 10(6) cm-3) core is seen in both 2.7 mm continuum and (CO)-O-18 maps, and has a mass of 0.2 M.. The (CO)-C-13 and (CO)-O-18 line profiles are consistent with those predicted by Zhou et al. (1993) for a collapsing core, and the continuum measurements also imply a density distribution typical of free-fall collapse.
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