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SiO J = 5-4 in the HH 211 Protostellar Jet Imaged with the Submillimeter Array

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Naomi Hirano1, Sheng-Yuan Liu1, Hsien Shang1, Paul T. P. Ho1,2, Hui-Chun Huang3, Yi-Jehng Kuan1,3, Mark J. McCaughrean4 and Qizhou Zhang2

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We have mapped the SiO J = 5-4 line at 217 GHz from the HH 211 molecular outflow with the Submillimeter Array (SMA). The high-resolution map (1farcs6 × 0farcs9) shows that the SiO J = 5-4 emission comes from the central narrow jet along the outflow axis with a width of ~0farcs8 (~250 AU) FWHM. The SiO jet consists of a chain of knots separated by 3''-4'' (~1000 AU), and most of the SiO knots have counterparts in shocked H2 emission seen in a new, deep VLT near-infrared image of the outflow. A new, innermost pair of knots have been discovered at just ±2'' from the central star. The line ratio between the SiO J = 5-4 data and the upper limits from the SiO J = 1-0 data of Chandler & Richer suggests that these knots have a temperature in excess of 300-500 K and a density of (0.5-1) × 107 cm-3. The radial velocity measured for these knots is ~30 km s-1, comparable to the maximum velocity seen in the entire jet. The high temperature, high density, and velocity structure observed in this pair of SiO knots suggest that they are closely related to the primary jet launched close to the protostar.


Subject headings

ISM: individual (HH 211); ISM: jets and outflows; ISM: molecules; shock waves; stars: formation


Dates

Issue 2 (2006 January 10)

Received 2005 August 13, accepted for publication 2005 December 2

Published 2005 December 19



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