NDLI: High-J CO survey of low-mass protostars observed with Herschel-HIFI

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Author	U. A. Yıldız L. E. Kristensen E. F. van Dishoeck I. San José-García A. Karska D. Harsono M. Tafalla A. Fuente R. Visser J. K. Jørgensen M. R. Hogerheijde
Abstract	Context. In the deeply embedded stage of star formation, protostars start to heat and disperse their surrounding cloud cores. The evolution of these sources has traditionally been traced through dust continuum spectral energy distributions (SEDs), but the use of CO excitation as an evolutionary probe has not yet been explored due to the lack of high-J CO observations. Aims. The aim is to constrain the physical characteristics (excitation, kinematics, column density) of the warm gas in low-mass protostellar envelopes using spectrally resolved Herschel data of CO and compare those with the colder gas traced by lower excitation lines. Methods. Herschel-HIFI observations of high-J lines of ^{12^{CO, ^{13^{CO, and C^{18^{O (up to J_{u_{= 10, E_{u_{up to 300 K) are presented toward 26 deeply embedded low-mass Class 0 and Class I young stellar objects, obtained as part of the Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH) key program. This is the first large spectrally resolved high-J CO survey conducted for these types of sources. Complementary lower J CO maps were observed using ground-based telescopes, such as the JCMT and APEX and convolved to matching beam sizes.Results. The ^{12^{CO 10–9 line is detected for all objects and can generally be decomposed into a narrow and a broad component owing to the quiescent envelope and entrained outflow material, respectively. The ^{12^{CO excitation temperature increases with velocity from ~60 K up to ~130 K. The median excitation temperatures for ^{12^{CO, ^{13^{CO, and C^{18^{O derived from single-temperature fits to the J_{u_{= 2–10 integrated intensities are ~70 K, 48 K and 37 K, respectively, with no significant difference between Class 0 and Class I sources and no trend with M_{env_{or L_{bol_{. Thus, in contrast to the continuum SEDs, the spectral line energy distributions (SLEDs) do not show any evolution during the embedded stage. In contrast, the integrated line intensities of all CO isotopologs show a clear decrease with evolutionary stage as the envelope is dispersed. Models of the collapse and evolution of protostellar envelopes reproduce the C^{18^{O results well, but underproduce the ^{13^{CO and ^{12^{CO excitation temperatures, due to lack of UV heating and outflow components in those models. The H_{2_{O 1_{10_{− 1_{01_{/CO 10–9 intensity ratio does not change significantly with velocity, in contrast to the H_{2_{O/CO 3–2 ratio, indicating that CO 10–9 is the lowest transition for which the line wings probe the same warm shocked gas as H_{2_{O. Modeling of the full suite of C^{18^{O lines indicates an abundance profile for Class 0 sources that is consistent with a freeze-out zone below 25 K and evaporation at higher temperatures, but with some fraction of the CO transformed into other species in the cold phase. In contrast, the observations for two Class I sources in Ophiuchus are consistent with a constant high CO abundance profile. Conclusions. The velocity resolved line profiles trace the evolution from the Class 0 to the Class I phase through decreasing line intensities, less prominent outflow wings, and increasing average CO abundances. However, the CO excitation temperature stays nearly constant. The multiple components found here indicate that the analysis of spectrally unresolved data, such as provided by SPIRE and PACS, must be done with caution.}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Page Count	46
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ISSN	00046361
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2013/08/aa20849-12/aa20849-12.html
e-ISSN	14320746
Journal	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume Number	556
DOI	10.1051/0004-6361/201220849
Language	English
Publisher	EDP Sciences
Publisher Date	2013-08-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© ESO, 2013
Subject Keyword	astrochemistry stars: formation stars: protostars ISM: molecules techniques: spectroscopic astrochemistry / stars: formation / stars: protostars / ISM: molecules / techniques: spectroscopic
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science

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