2017ApJ...843...83W -
Astrophys. J., 843, 83-83 (2017/July-2)
ALMA images of the Orion Hot Core at 349GHz.
WRIGHT M.C.H. and PLAMBECK R.L.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present ALMA images of the dust and molecular line emission in the Orion Hot Core at 349 GHz. At 0.''2 angular resolution the images reveal multiple clumps in an arc ∼1'' east of Orion Source I, the protostar at the center of the Kleinmann-Low Nebula, and another chain of peaks from IRc7 toward the southwest. The molecular line images show narrow filamentary structures at velocities >10 km s–1 away from the heavily resolved ambient cloud velocity ∼5 km s–1. Many of these filaments trace the SiO outflow from Source I, and lie along the edges of the dust emission. Molecular line emission at excitation temperatures 300-2000 K, and velocities >10 km s–1 from the ambient cloud, suggest that the Hot Core may be heated in shocks by the outflow from Source I or from the Becklin-Neugebauer (BN)/SrcI explosion. The spectral line observations also reveal a remarkable molecular ring, ∼2'' south of SrcI, with a diameter ∼600 au. The ring is seen in high-excitation transitions of HC3N, HCN v2 = 1, and SO2. An impact of ejecta from the BN/SrcI explosion with a dense dust clump could result in the observed ring of shocked material.
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© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Journal keyword(s):
ISM: individual objects: Orion-KL - radio continuum: stars - radio lines: stars - stars: formation - stars: individual: Hot Core - stars: individual: Hot Core
Simbad objects:
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