Minho Choi 2001 ApJ 553 219 doi:10.1086/320657
Minho Choi1
Show affiliationsThe molecular outflows and the dense cores in the NGC 1333 IRAS 4 region were observed in several molecular lines and in the millimeter continuum with ~4'' angular resolution. The outflows were particularly well traced by the HCN line. The IRAS 4A northeast-southwestern outflow consists of several compact knots which are spaced regularly and have alternating position angles. This "wiggle" could be produced either by a "precessing" jet or by quasi-periodic outbursts of the driving source. In the former case, the binary separation causing either the precession or the "wobbling" of the protostellar disk should be smaller than the separation between IRAS 4A1 and 4A2. The HCN map shows yet another outflow to the south of IRAS 4A and a compact bipolar outflow driven by IRAS 4BI, but no outflow activity was found near IRAS 4BII. The central velocity of the IRAS 4A dense core is determined to be VLSR = 6.7 km s-1 using the C18O line. With this central velocity, the optically thick lines toward IRAS 4A are not significantly blue-skewed, and the double-peaked line profile may not be a signature of infall motion in this particular case. IRAS 4BII has a steeper spectral index from 3.4 to 2.7 mm than IRAS 4A/4BI, suggesting that IRAS 4BII may be more evolved than its companions.
ISM: individual (NGC 1333 IRAS 4); ISM: jets and outflows; ISM: molecules; ISM: structure; stars: formation
Issue 1 (2001 May 20)
Received 2000 October 9, accepted for publication 2001 January 18
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