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2010A&A...518L.128V - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 518L128-128 (2010/7-2)

Dust, Ice, and Gas In Time (DIGIT) Herschel program first results. A full PACS-SED scan of the gas line emission in protostar DK Chamaeleontis.

VAN KEMPEN T.A., GREEN J.D., EVANS II N.J., VAN DISHOECK E.F., KRISTENSEN L.E., HERCZEG G.J., MERIN B., LEE J.-E., JORGENSEN J.K., BOUWMAN J., ACKE B., ADAMKOVICS M., AUGEREAU J.-C., BERGIN E., BLAKE G.A., BROWN J.M., CARR J.S., CHEN J.-H., CIEZA L., DOMINIK C., DULLEMOND C.P., DUNHAM M.M., GLASSGOLD A., GUEDEL M., HARVEY P.M., HENNING T., HOGERHEIJDE M.R., JAFFE D., KIM H.J., KNEZ C., LACY J.H., MARET S., MEEUS G., MEIJERINK R., MULDERS G.D., MUNDY L., NAJITA J., OLOFSSON J., PONTOPPIDAN K.M., SALYK C., STURM B., VISSER R., WATERS L.B.F.M., WAELKENS C. and YILDIZ U.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We aim to study the composition and energetics of the circumstellar material of DK Cha, an intermediate-mass star in transition from an embedded configuration to a star plus disk stage, during this pivotal stage of its evolution. Using the range scan mode of PACS on the Herschel Space Observatory, we obtained a spectrum of DK Cha from 55 to 210 µm as part of the DIGIT key program. Almost 50 molecular and atomic lines were detected, many more than the 7 lines detected in ISO-LWS. Nearly the entire ladder of CO from J=14-13 to 38-37 (E_u/k=4080K), water from levels as excited as J_K-1_K+1=7₀₇ (E_u/k=843K), and OH lines up to E_u/k=290K were detected. The continuum emission in our PACS SED scan matches the flux expected by a model consisting of a star, a surrounding disk of 0.03M_☉, and an envelope of a similar mass, supporting the suggestion that the object is emerging from its main accretion stage. Molecular, atomic, and ionic emission lines in the far-infrared reveal the outflow's influence on the envelope. The inferred hot gas may be photon-heated, but some emission may be caused by C-shocks in the walls of the outflow cavity.

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Journal keyword(s): astrochemistry - circumstellar matter - stars: formation - stars: protostars - infrared: ISM - submillimeter: ISM

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