A ROTATING DISK IN THE HH 111 PROTOSTELLAR SYSTEM
- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, P.O. Box 23-141, Taipei 106, Taiwan (China)
The HH 111 protostellar system is a young Class I system with two sources, VLA 1 and VLA 2, at a distance of 400 pc. Previously, a flattened envelope has been seen in C{sup 18}O to be in transition to a rotationally supported disk near the VLA 1 source. The follow-up study here is to confirm the rotationally supported disk at 2-3 times higher angular resolutions, at {approx}0.''3 (or 120 AU) in 1.33 mm continuum, and {approx}0.''6 (or 240 AU) in {sup 13}CO (J = 2-1) and {sup 12}CO (J = 2-1) emission obtained with the Submillimeter Array. The 1.33 mm continuum emission shows a resolved dusty disk associated with the VLA 1 source perpendicular to the jet axis, with a Gaussian deconvolved size of {approx}240 AU. The {sup 13}CO and {sup 12}CO emissions toward the dusty disk show a Keplerian rotation, indicating that the dusty disk is rotationally supported. The density and temperature distributions in the disk derived from a simple disk model are found to be similar to those found in bright T Tauri disks, suggesting that the disk can evolve into a T Tauri disk in the late stage of star formation. In addition, a hint of a low-velocity molecular outflow is also seen in {sup 13}CO and {sup 12}CO coming out from the disk.
- OSTI ID:
- 21612736
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 741, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/741/1/62; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON ISOTOPES
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
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MOTION
NUCLEI
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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