Issue |
A&A
Volume 423, Number 2, August IV 2004
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Page(s) | 629 - 641 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047173 | |
Published online | 06 August 2004 |
A search for shock-excited molecular hydrogen knots in Chamaeleon I very low mass YSOs*
1
Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba, Laprida 854, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina e-mail: mercedes@oac.uncor.edu
2
Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Roma, Italia e-mail: [persi ;marenzi]@rm.iasf.cnr.it
3
Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Casilla 601, La Serena, Chile e-mail: miguel@lco.cl
4
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Apartado Postal 877, Ensenada, Baja California, CP 22830, Mexico e-mail: mt@astrosen.unam.mx
Received:
30
January
2004
Accepted:
3
May
2004
We have obtained narrow-band images of three selected areas of the
Chamaeleon I dark cloud which harbor very low mass young stars,
centered on the H2 and Brγ lines and neighboring
continuum as well as on the broad band Ks.
One region is located in the northern part of the cloud, roughly
coinciding with the densest area. The other two
regions are in the southern section of the cloud. Our aim
is to search for H2 outflows associated with these objects.
In the northern region, we found seven new H2 knots, five of
which are aligned in the direction of a previously known 12CO
molecular bipolar outflow. Further evidence that the
class I low mass stellar object ISO-ChaI 192 is the driving source of the molecular flow is
given by the presence of a 960 AU long elongated structure at 2.2 μm
emanating from this star and oriented parallel to the bipolar structure.
Another pair of H2 knots, although lying relatively nearby,
is not aligned with the outflow direction.
They are located on opposite sides of C1–6, a low mass class II object in
the northern part of the Chamaeleon I dark cloud.
In contrast, we fail to detect any H2 emission object
brighter than our sensitivity limit
(~ W/m2 Hz arcsec2) in the two
southern areas of the cloud that also harbor several very low mass stars,
including two transition stellar/sub-stellar objects.
This negative result is probably not surprising in view of the
extremely low accretion rates measured for brown dwarfs
(
yr-1).
Deeper H2 observations are required to better constraint the outflow event in
sub-stellar objects.
Key words: stars: formation / stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs / ISM: jets and outflows / ISM: individual objects: Chamaeleon I
© ESO, 2004
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