Kinematics of the Envelope and Two Bipolar Jets in L1157

  • Kwon, Woojin (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Fernandez-Lopez, Manuel (Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia) ;
  • Stephens, Ian W. (Boston University) ;
  • Looney, Leslie W. (University of Illinois at Ubana-Champaign)
  • Published : 2016.04.12

Abstract

A massive envelope and a strong bipolar outflow are the two most distinct structures of youngest protostellar systems. We present observational results from the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) toward the youngest (Class 0) protostellar system L1157. At an angular resolution of 5 arcseconds, we mapped its well-developed outflow in CO 2-1 over a span of approximately 5 arcminutes. Additionally, we imaged the central envelope with CO isotopes, CS, CN, and N2H+ with an angular resolution of about 2 arcseconds. We show that the bipolar outflow may be represented with a two jet model and constrain its physical properties such as precession/rotation directions, velocities, inclinations, and position angles via cube data fitting. In addition, we discuss the kinematic features of the envelope detected in CO isotopes and N2H+ and present the radius-dependent dust opacity spectral index.

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