Minho Choi et al. 2006 ApJ 646 1050 doi:10.1086/505037
Minho Choi1, Klaus W. Hodapp2, Masahiko Hayashi3, Kentaro Motohara3,4, Soojong Pak1,5 and Tae-Soo Pyo3
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011 yr-1. The middle part of the northeastern outflow does not exactly follow the point symmetry because of the superposition of two different kinds of directional variability: the axis drift of the driving source and the deflection by a dense core. The axis drift model provides a good explanation for the large deflection angle of the northeastern outflow. Other H2 emission features around the IRAS 4 region are discussed briefly. Some of them are newly found outflows, and some are associated with outflows already known before.
ISM: individual (NGC 1333 IRAS 4); ISM: jets and outflows; ISM: structure; stars: formation
Issue 2 (2006 August 1)
Received 2006 January 31, accepted for publication 2006 April 11
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