Streamers feeding the SVS13-A protobinary system: astrochemistry reveals accretion shocks?

We report ALMA high-angular resolution (~ 50 au) observations of the binary system SVS13-A. More specifically, we analyse deuterated water (HDO) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission. The molecular emission is associated with both the components of the binary system, VLA4A and VLA4B. The spatial distrib...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-06
Main Authors: Bianchi, Eleonora, López-Sepulcre, Ana, Ceccarelli, Cecilia, Codella, Claudio, Podio, Linda, Bouvier, Mathilde, Enrique-Romero, Joan, Bachiller, Rafael, Leflochb, Bertrand
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accretion disks
Angular resolution
Astrochemistry
Binary system
Deuteration
Emission analysis
Protostars
Spatial distribution
Sublimation
Sulfur dioxide
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Summary:We report ALMA high-angular resolution (~ 50 au) observations of the binary system SVS13-A. More specifically, we analyse deuterated water (HDO) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission. The molecular emission is associated with both the components of the binary system, VLA4A and VLA4B. The spatial distribution is compared to that of formamide (NH2CHO), previously analysed in the system. Deuterated water reveals an additional emitting component spatially coincident with the dust accretion streamer, at a distance larger than 120 au from the protostars, and at blue-shifted velocities (> 3 km/s from the systemic velocities). We investigate the origin of the molecular emission in the streamer, in light of thermal sublimation temperatures calculated using updated binding energies (BE) distributions. We propose that the observed emission is produced by an accretion shock at the interface between the accretion streamer and the disk of VLA4A. Thermal desorption is not completely excluded in case the source is actively experiencing an accretion burst.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2306.08539