Multi-line Herschel/HIFI observations of water reveal infall motions and chemical segregation around high-mass protostars

(Abridged) We use HIFI maps of the 987 GHz H2O 2(02)-1(11) emission to measure the sizes and shapes of 19 high-mass protostellar envelopes. To identify infall, we use HIFI spectra of the optically thin C18O 9-8 and H2O-18 1(11)-0(00) lines. The high-J C18O line traces the warm central material and r...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2019-03
Main Authors: van der Tak, Floris, Shipman, Russ, Jacq, Thierry, Herpin, Fabrice, Braine, Jonathan, Wyrowski, Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Emission
Inflow
Organic chemistry
Outflow
Protostars
Red shift
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Summary:(Abridged) We use HIFI maps of the 987 GHz H2O 2(02)-1(11) emission to measure the sizes and shapes of 19 high-mass protostellar envelopes. To identify infall, we use HIFI spectra of the optically thin C18O 9-8 and H2O-18 1(11)-0(00) lines. The high-J C18O line traces the warm central material and redshifted H2O-18 1(11)-0(00) absorption indicates material falling onto the warm core. We probe small-scale chemical differentiation by comparing H2O 752 and 987 GHz spectra with those of H2O-18. Our measured radii of the central part of the H2O 2(02)-1(11) emission are 30-40% larger than the predictions from spherical envelope models, and axis ratios are
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1903.11305