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Issue A&A
Volume 454, Number 2, August I 2006
APEX Special Booklet
Page(s) L83 - L86
Section Letters
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065338



A&A 454, L83-L86 (2006)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065338

Letter

The high velocity outflow in NGC 6334 I

S. Leurini, P. Schilke, B. Parise, F. Wyrowski, R. Güsten and S. Philipp

Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf Dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
    e-mail: [sleurini;schilke;bparise;wyrowski;rguesten;sphilipp]@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de

(Received 31 March 2006 / Accepted 27 April 2006 )

Abstract
Aims.We observed the high velocity outflow originating from NGC 6334 I in several CO transitions with the APEX telescope, with the goal of deriving the physical parameters of the gas.
Methods.Using an LVG analysis, we studied line ratios between the CO(3-2), CO(4-3), and CO(7-6) data as a function of the density and of the kinetic temperature of the gas. An upper limit on the CO column density is derived by comparison with 13CO data.
Results.We constrained the temperature to be higher than 50 K and the H2 density to values higher than $n\sim 10^4$ cm-3 towards the peak position in the red lobe, while T>15 K and n>103 cm-3 are derived towards the peak position in the blue lobe. The physical parameters of the outflow, its mass and its energetics, have been computed using the temperatures derived from this analysis.
Conclusions.We conclude that high kinetic temperatures are present in the outflow and traced by high excitation CO lines. Observations of high-J CO lines are thus needed to infer reliable values of the kinetic temperatures and of the other physical parameters in outflows.


Key words: star formation -- ISM: jets and outflows



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