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Jan, 2011

THE MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS IN THE rho OPHIUCHI MAIN CLOUD: IMPLICATIONS FOR TURBULENCE GENERATION

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
  • Fumitaka Nakamura
  • ,
  • Yuhei Kamada
  • ,
  • Takeshi Kamazaki
  • ,
  • Ryohei Kawabe
  • ,
  • Yoshimi Kitamura
  • ,
  • Yoshito Shimajiri
  • ,
  • Takashi Tsukagoshi
  • ,
  • Kengo Tachihara
  • ,
  • Toshiya Akashi
  • ,
  • Kenta Azegami
  • ,
  • Norio Ikeda
  • ,
  • Yasutaka Kurono
  • ,
  • Zhi-Yun Li
  • ,
  • Tomoya Miura
  • ,
  • Ryoichi Nishi
  • ,
  • Tomofumi Umemoto

Volume
726
Number
1
First page
1
Last page
15
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/726/1/46
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

We present the results of CO (J = 3 - 2) and CO (J = 1 - 0) mapping observations toward the active cluster-forming clump, L1688, in the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud. From the CO (J = 3 - 2) and CO (J = 1 - 0) data cubes, we identify five outflows, whose driving sources are VLA 1623, EL 32, LFAM 26, EL 29, and IRS 44. Among the identified outflows, the most luminous outflow is the one from the prototypical Class 0 source, VLA 1623. We also discover that the EL 32 outflow located in the Oph B2 region has very extended blueshifted and redshifted lobes with wide opening angles. This outflow is most massive and has the largest momentum among the identified outflows in the CO (J = 1 - 0) map. We estimate the total energy injection rate due to the molecular outflows identified by the present and previous studies to be about 0.2 L-circle dot, larger than or at least comparable to the turbulence dissipation rate [approximate to(0.03 - 0.1)L-circle dot]. Therefore, we conclude that the protostellar outflows are likely to play a significant role in replenishing the supersonic turbulence in this clump.

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  • DOI : 10.1088/0004-637X/726/1/46
  • ISSN : 0004-637X
  • eISSN : 1538-4357
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000285411300046

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