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Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical Journal Année : 2018

Rotation in the NGC 1333 IRAS 4C Outflow

Yichen Zhang
Aya E. Higuchi
  • Fonction : Auteur
Nami Sakai
Yoko Oya
Ana López-Sepulcre
Muneaki Imai
Takeshi Sakai
Yoshimasa Watanabe
Satoshi Yamamoto
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

We report molecular line observations of the NGC 1333 IRAS 4C outflow in the Perseus Molecular Cloud with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array. The CCH and CS emission reveal an outflow cavity structure with clear signatures of rotation with respect to the outflow axis. The rotation is detected from about 120 au up to about 1400 au above the envelope/disk midplane. As the distance to the central source increases, the rotation velocity of the outflow decreases while the outflow radius increases, which gives a flat specific angular momentum distribution along the outflow. The mean specific angular momentum of the outflow is about 100 {au} {km} {{{s}}}-1. On the basis of reasonable assumptions on the outward velocity of the outflow and the protostar mass, we estimate the range of outflow-launching radii to be 5-15 au. Such a launching radius rules out that this outflow is launched as an X-wind, but rather, it is more consistent to be a slow disk wind launched from relatively large radii on the disk. The radius of the centrifugal barrier is roughly estimated, and the role of the centrifugal barrier in the outflow launching is discussed.

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insu-03693536 , version 1 (10-06-2022)

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Yichen Zhang, Aya E. Higuchi, Nami Sakai, Yoko Oya, Ana López-Sepulcre, et al.. Rotation in the NGC 1333 IRAS 4C Outflow. The Astrophysical Journal, 2018, 864, ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/aad7ba⟩. ⟨insu-03693536⟩
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