Widespread Molecular Outflows in the Infrared Dark Cloud G28.37+0.07: Indications of Orthogonal Outflow-filament Alignment
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019

We present ALMA CO(2-1) observations toward a massive infrared dark cloud G28.37+0.07. The ALMA data reveal numerous molecular (CO) outflows with a wide range of sizes throughout the cloud. Sixty-two 1.3 mm continuum cores were identified to be driving molecular outflows. We have determined the position angle in the plane-of-sky of 120 CO outflow lobes and studied their distribution. We find that the distribution of the plane-of-sky outflow position angles peaks at about 100 degrees, corresponding to a concentration of outflows with an approximately east-west direction. For most outflows, we have been able to estimate the plane-of-sky angle between the outflow axis and the filament that harbors the protostar that powers the outflow. Statistical tests strongly indicate that the distribution of outflow-filament orientations is consistent with most outflow axes being mostly orthogonal to their parent filament in three dimensions. Such alignment may result from filament fragmentation or continuous mass transportation from the filament to the embedded protostellar core. The latter is suggested by recent numerical studies with moderately strong magnetic fields.

accretion, accretion disks

stars: protostars

ISM: magnetic fields

stars: statistics

ISM: jets and outflows

galaxies: star formation

Författare

Shuo Kong

Yale University

Hector G. Arce

Yale University

Maria Jose Maureira

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Yale University

Paola Caselli

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Jonathan Tan

University of Virginia

Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Astronomi och plasmafysik

Francesco Fontani

Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri

Astrophysical Journal

0004-637X (ISSN) 1538-4357 (eISSN)

Vol. 874 1 104

Ämneskategorier

Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

Geofysik

Sannolikhetsteori och statistik

DOI

10.3847/1538-4357/ab07b9

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2019-11-21