Multiple Shells Driven by Disk Winds: ALMA Observations in the HH 30 Outflow

The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 962, pp. 28

Abstract

Abstract We present archival Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array band 6 observations of the 13CO (J = 2–1) and 12CO (J = 2–1) molecular line emission of the protostellar system associated with HH 30. The 13CO molecular line shows the accretion disk while the molecular outflow is traced by the emission of the 12CO molecular line. We estimated a dynamical mass for the central object of 0.45 ± 0.14 M ⊙, and a mass for the molecular outflow of (1.83 ± 0.19) × 10−4 M ⊙. The molecular outflow presents an internal cavity as well as multiple outflowing shell structures. We distinguish three different shells with constant expansion (∼4–6 km s−1) and possible rotation signatures (≤0.5 km s−1). We find that the shells can be explained by magnetocentrifugal disk winds with launching radii R launch ≲ 4 au and a small magnetic lever arm λ ∼ 1.6–1.9. The multiple shell structure may be the result of episodic ejections of the material from the accretion disk associated with three different epochs with dynamical ages of 497 ± 15 yr, 310 ± 9 yr, and 262 ± 11 yr for the first, second, and third shells, respectively. The outermost shell was ejected 187 ± 17 yr before the middle shell, while the middle shell was launched 48 ± 14 yr before the innermost shell. Our estimations of the linear and angular momentum rates of the outflow as well as the accretion luminosity are consistent with the values expected if the outflow of HH 30 is produced by a wide-angle disk wind.

Authors 6

1. J. A. López-Vázquez

   Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica · Academia Sinica

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   Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; jlopezv@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw

   Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

2. Chin‐Fei Lee

   Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica · Academia Sinica

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   Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; jlopezv@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw

   Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

3. Manuel Fernández-López

   Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía

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   Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (CCT-La Plata, CONICET; CICPBA), C.C. No. 5, 1894, Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina

   CICPBA), C.C. No. 5, 1894, Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina

   Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (CCT-La Plata, CONICET

4. F. Louvet

   Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble · University of Chile · Université Grenoble Alpes

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   Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 36-D, Santiago , Chile

   Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France

5. Osmar M. Guerra-Alvarado Aachen Leiden Observatory

   Leiden University · Leiden Observatory

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   Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

6. Luis A. Zapata

   Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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   Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 3-72, 58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México