Misalignment of Outflow Axes in the Proto-multiple Systems in Perseus
Abstract
We investigate the alignment between outflow axes in nine of the youngest binary/multiple systems in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. These systems have typical member spacing larger than 1000 au. For outflow identification, we use 12CO(2-1) and 12CO(3-2) data from a large survey with the Submillimeter Array: Mass Assembly of Stellar Systems and their Evolution with the SMA. The distribution of outflow orientations in the binary pairs is consistent with random or preferentially anti-aligned distributions, demonstrating that these outflows are misaligned. This result suggests that these systems are possibly formed in environments where the distribution of angular momentum is complex and disordered, and these systems do not come from the same co-rotating structures or from an initial cloud with aligned vectors of angular momentum.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- March 2016
- DOI:
- 10.3847/2041-8205/820/1/L2
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1602.07397
- Bibcode:
- 2016ApJ...820L...2L
- Keywords:
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- binaries: general;
- ISM: kinematics and dynamics;
- ISM: molecules;
- stars: formation;
- stars: protostars;
- submillimeter: ISM;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables. Accepted to ApJL