Energetic processes revealed by spectrally resolved high-J CO lines in low-mass star-forming regions with Herschel-HIFI


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Yıldız U.

Conditions and impact of star formation: New results with Herschel and beyond" (The 5th Zermatt ISM Symposium), Zürich, İsviçre, 18 - 24 Eylül 2011, cilt.52, ss.313-314, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 52
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1051/eas/1152063
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Zürich
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İsviçre
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.313-314
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Herschel-HIFI observations of high-J lines (up to Ju = 10) of 12CO, 13CO and C18O are presented toward three deeply embedded low-mass protostars in NGC 1333. The observations show several energetic components including shocked and quiescent gas. Radiative transfer models are used to quantify the C18O envelope abundance which require a jump in the abundance at an evaporation temperature, Tev ~ 25 K, providing new direct evidence of a CO ice evaporation zone around protostars. The abundance in the outermost part of the envelope, X0, is within the canonical value of 2 × 10-4; however the inner abundance, Xin, is found around a factor of 3-5 lower than X0.