A survey of high-velocity molecular gas in the vicinity of Herbig-Haro objects. I

1983 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 605 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Edwards ◽  
R. L. Snell
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Molecular Gas

scholarly journals Shocked Molecular Hydrogen from Star Forming Regions

1987 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 181-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adair P. Lane ◽  
John Bally
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Young Stars ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Post Shock

Near infrared (2 micron) emission lines from molecular hydrogen provide a powerful probe of the morphology and energetics of outflows associated with stellar birth. The H2 emission regions trace the location of shock waves formed when the high velocity outflow from young stars encounters dense quiescent gas. Since H2 is the dominant coolant of the hot post-shock molecular gas, the H2 lines provide a measure of the fraction of the total mechanical luminosity radiated away from the cloud.

scholarly journals The Molecular Outflow and CO Bullets in HH111

1997 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 141-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Cernicharo ◽  
R. Neri ◽  
Bo Reipurth
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Kinetic Temperature ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Molecular Outflow ◽  
Hh Objects ◽  
Physical Phenomena ◽  
First Time

We present high angular resolution observations of the molecular outflow associated with the optical jet and HH objects of the HH111 system. Interferometric observations in the CO J =2–1 and J =1–0 lines of the high velocity bullets associated with HH111 are presented for the first time. The molecular gas in these high velocity clumps has a moderate kinetic temperature and a mass of a few 10–4 M⊙ per bullet. We favor the view that HH jets and CO bullets, which represent different manifestations of the same physical phenomena, are driving the low-velocity molecular outflow.

scholarly journals Bipolar Outflows and Stellar Jets

1987 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 213-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Snell
Keyword(s):  
Physical Properties ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Molecular Clouds ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Young Stellar Objects ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Bipolar Outflows ◽  
Stellar Objects ◽  
Stellar Jets ◽  
Almost All

A wealth of data is now available on the energetic mass outflows that are associated with young stellar objects. This phenomenon is thought to occur at a very early stage in the evolution of stars of almost all masses. The discovery of this energetic event was first made through observations of the rapidly expanding molecular gas that surrounds many of these young stellar objects. A review of the physical properties, including the energetics and morphology, of the expanding molecular gas is presented in this paper. In addition, the role these energetic winds play in affecting the dynamics of the parental molecular clouds is also discussed. Finally, the results of detailed studies of the structure and kinematics of the high velocity molecular gas are reviewed and the evidence for existance of wind-swept cavities and molecular shells within the clouds are presented.

scholarly journals Hot Shocked Gas Along the Helical Jets of NGC 4258

1995 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
G. Cecil
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Seyfert Galaxy ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Fabry Perot

AbstractI summarize the results of our multifrequency study of the helically twisted jets in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4258. [N II], Hα, and [O III] Fabry-Perot datacubes obtained with the HIFI system on the U. Hawaii 2.2m telescope form the basis of this work. ROSAT x-ray multiband images (HRI & PSPC), CO spectra, and unpublished VLA 6 and 20 cm maps are correlated with these spectral grids. Together these data reveal clear signatures of high-velocity (> 300 km s−1) shocks along the jets that suggest efficient entrainment of ambient molecular gas.

scholarly journals A Flattened Cloud Core in NGC 2024

1994 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 262-263
Author(s):  
P. T. P. Ho ◽  
Y-L. Peng ◽  
J. M. Torrelles ◽  
J. F. Gómez ◽  
L. F. Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Gravitational Energy ◽  
Ammonia Emission ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Internal Heating ◽  
Molecular Outflows ◽  
Heating Source ◽  
Molecular Lines ◽  
Cloud Core

With the VLA in the D configuration we have mapped the (J,K) = (1,1) and (2,2) NH3 lines toward a molecular cloud core in NGC 2024. This region, which contains one of the most highly collimated molecular outflows (Richer et al. 1992), has been studied extensively using a variety of techniques, including dust continuum in the far-infrared (FIR) wavelengths (Mezger et al. 1988, 1992), and molecular lines (see Barnes & Crutcher 1992 and references therein). We find that the molecular condensations associated with FIR 5, 6, and 7 (Mezger et al. 1988, 1992) have kinetic temperatures TK ≃ 40 K. We also find a perturbation of the molecular gas near FIR 6 and FIR 7 in terms of broadening of the ammonia lines. These results suggest that these condensations may not be protostars heated by gravitational energy released during collapse, but that they have an internal heating source. A flattened structure of ammonia emission is found extending parallel to the unipolar CO outflow structure, but displaced systematically to the east. The location of the high velocity outflow along the surface of the NH3 structure suggests that a wind is sweeping material from the surface of this elongated cloud core. Figure 1 is an overlay of the VLA ammonia emission (dotted area) on top of the C18O emission (thick contours) and the CO outflow (thin contours).

A search for high-velocity molecular gas around T Tauri stars

1982 ◽  
Vol 261 ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Edwards ◽  
R. L. Snell
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
T Tauri Stars ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
T Tauri

The high velocity molecular gas in GL 490

1981 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Lada ◽  
P. M. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Molecular Gas
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