CO abundances in a protostellar cloud: freeze-out and desorption in the envelope and outflow of L483 |
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Authors: | P B Carolan M P Redman E Keto J M C Rawlings |
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Institution: | Centre for Astronomy, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland;Department of Physics &Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT;Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138, USA |
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Abstract: | CO isotopes are able to probe the different components in protostellar clouds. These components, core, envelope and outflow have distinct physical conditions, and sometimes more than one component contributes to the observed line profile. In this study, we determine how CO isotope abundances are altered by the physical conditions in the different components. We use a 3D molecular line transport code to simulate the emission of four CO isotopomers, 12CO J = 2 → 1, 13CO J = 2 → 1 , C18O J = 2 → 1 and C17O J = 2 → 1 from the Class 0/1 object L483, which contains a cold quiescent core, an infalling envelope and a clear outflow. Our models replicate James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) line observations with the inclusion of freeze-out, a density profile and infall. Our model profiles of 12CO and 13CO have a large linewidth due to a high-velocity jet. These profiles replicate the process of more abundant material being susceptible to a jet. C18O and C17O do not display such a large linewidth as they trace denser quiescent material deep in the cloud. |
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Keywords: | radiative transfer stars: formation ISM: abundances ISM: individual: L483 ISM: jets and outflows ISM: kinematics and dynamics |
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