1. SOLIS XVI. Mass ejection and time variability in protostellar outflows: Cep E
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A. de A. Schutzer, P. R. Rivera-Ortiz, B. Lefloch, A. Gusdorf, C. Favre, D. Segura-Cox, A. López-Sepulcre, R. Neri, J. Ospina-Zamudio, M. De Simone, C. Codella, S. Viti, L. Podio, J. Pineda, R. O’Donoghue, C. Ceccarelli, P. Caselli, F. Alves, R. Bachiller, N. Balucani, E. Bianchi, L. Bizzocchi, S. Bottinelli, E. Caux, A. Chacón-Tanarro, F. Dulieu, J. Enrique-Romero, F. Fontani, S. Feng, J. Holdship, I. Jiménez-Serra, A. Jaber Al-Edhari, C. Kahane, V. Lattanzi, Y. Oya, A. Punanova, A. Rimola, N. Sakai, S. Spezzano, I. R. Sims, V. Taquet, L. Testi, P. Theulé, P. Ugliengo, C. Vastel, A. I. Vasyunin, F. Vazart, S. Yamamoto, A. Witzel, A. de A. Schutzer, P. R. Rivera-Ortiz, B. Lefloch, A. Gusdorf, C. Favre, D. Segura-Cox, A. L??pez-Sepulcre, R. Neri, J. Ospina-Zamudio, M. De Simone, C. Codella, S. Viti, L. Podio, J. Pineda, R. O'Donoghue, C. Ceccarelli, P. Caselli, F. Alve, R. Bachiller, N. Balucani, E. Bianchi, L. Bizzocchi, S. Bottinelli, E. Caux, A. Chacón-Tanarro, F. Dulieu, J. Enrique-Romero, F. Fontani, S. Feng, J. Holdship, I. Jiménez-Serra, A. Jaber Al-Edhari, C. Kahane, V. Lattanzi, Y. Oya, A. Punanova, A. Rimola, N. Sakai, S. Spezzano, I. R. Sim, V. Taquet, L. Testi, P. Theulé, P. Ugliengo, C. Vastel, A. I. Vasyunin, F. Vazart, S. Yamamoto, A. Witzel, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Astrophysique, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Centre de Mathématiques Laurent Schwartz (CMLS), École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), University of Texas at Austin [Austin], Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University College of London [London] (UCL), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire de Radiopathologie (LRP), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Madrid, Dip. Chimica 'G. Ciamician', Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Ural Federal University [Ekaterinburg] (UrFU), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), RIKEN - Institute of Physical and Chemical Research [Japon] (RIKEN), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires (PIIM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), Based on observations carried out with the IRAM NOEMA interferometer. IRAM is supported by INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany) and IGN (Spain). AS, BL, PR-RO, acknowledge support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 811312 for the project 'Astro-Chemical Origins' (ACO) and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program for the Project 'The Dawn of Organic Chemistry' (DOC) grant agreement No 741002. DSC is supported by an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship under award AST-2102405. A.V. and A.P. are the members of the Max Planck Partner Group at the Ural Federal University. A.P. and A.V. acknowledge the support of the Russian Ministry of Science and Education via the State Assignment Contract no. FEUZ-2020-0038., European Project: 811312, LERMA Cergy (LERMA), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany), IGN (Spain), European Union [811312], European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union [741002], NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship [AST-2102405], and Russian Ministry of Science and Education [FEUZ-2020-0038]
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DYNAMICS ,MASS EJECTION ,JETS AND OUTFLOWS [ISM] ,KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS [ISM] ,ISM JETS AND OUTFLOWS ,TIME VARIABILITY ,JET FORMATION ,HIGH VELOCITY ,FORMATION [STARS] ,ISM: kinematics and dynamic ,KINEMATICS ,ISM: jets and outflow ,ISM: kinematics and dynamics ,stars: formation ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,astrochemistry ,STARS FORMATION ,ACCRETION PROCESS ,PROTOSTARS ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,VELOCITY ,MASS LOSS RATE ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,ISM: jets and outflows ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Space and Planetary Science ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,STARS - Abstract
Context. Protostellar jets are an important agent of star formation feedback, tightly connected with the mass-accretion process. The history of jet formation and mass ejection provides constraints on the mass accretion history and on the nature of the driving source. Aims. We characterize the time-variability of the mass-ejection phenomena at work in the class 0 protostellar phase in order to better understand the dynamics of the outflowing gas and bring more constraints on the origin of the jet chemical composition and the mass accretion history. Methods. Using the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) interferometer, we have observed the emission of the CO 2–1 and SO NJ = 54–43 rotational transitions at an angular resolution of 1.0 00 (820 au) and 0.400 (330 au), respectively, toward the intermediate mass class 0 protostellar system Cep E. Results. The CO high-velocity jet emission reveals a central component of ≤400 au diameter associated with high-velocity molecular knots that is also detected in SO, surrounded by a collimated layer of entrained gas. The gas layer appears to be accelerated along the main axis over a length scale δ0 ∼ 700 au, while its diameter gradually increases up to several 1000 au at 2000 au from the protostar. The jet is fragmented into 18 knots of mass ∼10−3 M, unevenly distributed between the northern and southern lobes, with velocity variations up to 15 km s−1 close to the protostar. This is well below the jet terminal velocities in the northern (+65 km s−1) and southern (-125 km s-1)lobes. The knot interval distribution is approximately bimodal on a timescale of ∼50–80 yr, which is close to the jet driving protostar Cep E-A and ∼150−20 yr at larger distances >1200. The mass-loss rates derived from knot masses are steady overall, with values of 2.7 x 10−5 M yr−1 and 8.9 x 10−6 M yr−1 in the northern and southern lobe, respectively. Conclusions. The interaction of the ambient protostellar material with high-velocity knots drives the formation of a molecular layer around the jet. This accounts for the higher mass-loss rate in the northern lobe. The jet dynamics are well accounted for by a simple precession model with a period of 2000 yr and a mass-ejection period of 55 yr. © Authors 2022 741002; National Science Foundation, NSF: AST-2102405; Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, H2020; H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, MSCA: 811312; European Research Council, ERC; Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Minobrnauka: FEUZ-2020-0038; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS; Ural Federal University, UrFU interferometer. IRAM is supported by INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany) and IGN (Spain). AS, BL, PR-RO, acknowledge support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 811312 for the project “Astro-Chemical Origins” (ACO) and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program for the Project “The Dawn of Organic Chemistry” (DOC) grant agreement No 741002. DSC is supported by an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship under award AST-2102405. A.V. and A.P. are the members of the Max Planck Partner Group at the Ural Federal University. A.P. and A.V. acknowledge the support of the Russian Ministry of Science and Education via the State Assignment Contract no. FEUZ-2020-0038. Based on observations carried out with the IRAM NOEMA interferometer. IRAM is supported by INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany) and IGN (Spain). AS, BL, PR-RO, acknowledge support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 811312 for the project "Astro-Chemical Origins" (ACO) and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program for the Project "The Dawn of Organic Chemistry" (DOC) grant agreement No 741002. DSC is supported by an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship under award AST-2102405. A.V. and A.P. are the members of the Max Planck Partner Group at the Ural Federal University. A.P. and A.V. acknowledge the support of the Russian Ministry of Science and Education via the State Assignment Contract no. FEUZ-2020-0038.
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