TRACING INFALL AND ROTATION ALONG THE OUTFLOW CAVITY WALLS OF THE L483 PROTOSTELLAR ENVELOPE
- Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong (China)
- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, P.O. Box 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)
Single-dish observations in CS(7–6) reveal emission extending out to thousands of au along the outflow axis of low-mass protostars and having a velocity gradient in the opposite direction to that of their outflows. This emission has been attributed to dense and warm gas flowing outward along the walls of bipolar outflow cavities. Here, we present combined single-dish and interferometric CS(7–6) maps for the low-mass protostar L483, revealing a newly discovered compact central component (radius ≲800 au) and previously unknown features in its extended component (visible out to ∼4000 au). The velocity gradient and skewed (toward the redshifted side) brightness distribution of the extended component are detectable out to a radius of ∼2000 au, but not beyond. The compact central component exhibits a velocity gradient in the same direction as, but which is steeper than that of, the extended component. Furthermore, both components exhibit a velocity gradient with an approximately constant magnitude across the outflow axis, apparent in the extended component not just through but also away from the center out to 2000 au. We point out contradictions between our results and model predictions for outflowing gas and propose a new model in which all of the aforementioned emission can be qualitatively explained by gas inflowing along the outflow cavity walls of a rigidly rotating envelope. Our model also can explain the extended CS(7–6) emission observed around other low-mass protostars.
- OSTI ID:
- 22660949
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 833, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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