ALMA and VLA observations of the outflows in IRAS 16293-2422.
Abstract
We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Very Large Array (VLA) observations of the molecular and ionized gas at 0.1-0.3 arcsec resolution in the Class 0 protostellar system IRAS 16293-2422. These data clarify the origins of the protostellar outflows from the deeply embedded sources in this complex region. Source A2 is confirmed to be at the origin of the well-known large-scale north-east-south-west flow. The most recent VLA observations reveal a new ejection from that protostar, demonstrating that it drives an episodic jet. The central compact part of the other known large-scale flow in the system, oriented roughly east-west, is well delineated by the CO(6-5) emission imaged with ALMA and is confirmed to be driven from within component A. Finally, a one-sided blueshifted bubble-like outflow structure is detected here for the first time from source B to the north-west of the system. Its very short dynamical time-scale (˜200 yr), low velocity and moderate collimation support the idea that source B is the youngest object in the system, and possibly one of the youngest protostars known.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnrasl/sls038
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1211.4744
- Bibcode:
- 2013MNRAS.430L..10L
- Keywords:
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- techniques: interferometric;
- stars: formation;
- stars: individual: IRAS 16293-2422;
- ISM: jets and outflows;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in MNRAS