Outflow properties of DIGIT embedded sources

  • Kang, Seonmi (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Eun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choi, Minho (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Evans, Neal (Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin)
  • Published : 2013.04.11

Abstract

We present observational results of CO outflows towards 24 embedded young stellar objects (YSOs), which are selected from the targets of the Herschel key program, "Dust, Ice, and Gas in Time" (DIGIT). Molecular outflow activity, which is believed to have strong dependence on accretion process, is the most powerful in the early embedded phase of star formation and declines as the central protostars evolve to the main sequence stage. In order to study the relation between the CO outflows observed in low J transitions and the properties of protostars, we mapped the CO outflows of the selected targets in J=1-0 and J=2-1 with the 14-m TRAO telescope and the 6-m SRAO telescope, respectively. We also compare the CO outflow momentum fluxes with the FIR molecular line luminosities of CO, $H_2O$, OH, and OI, which were detected by the Herschel-PACS observations.

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