[Previous] | [Session 29] | [Next]
J. J. Wiseman (JHU), G. A. Fuller (UMIST), A. Wootten (NRAO)
We present results from our current study of the molecular gas cocoons surrounding the youngest protostars. These Class 0 and Class I objects have powerful and highly collimated jets. The gas envelopes in which they are embedded contain a significant amount of mass which has yet to be accreted onto the protostar or dispersed by jets and winds. Our VLA NH3 study includes the sources L1634, HH 111, NGC 2023, HH 24-25, HH 211, and IRAM 04191+1522. Preliminary results for several sources show large, 10000 AU gas envelopes flattened along the jet axis. Fast (5-10 km sec-1 pc-1) velocity gradients are detected, with rotation curves indicative of the large scale extended mass distribution of the envelope. We present maps of heating from the protostellar jet sources at the cores of the envelopes. We also discuss the evidence for jets as release paths for angular momentum in these accreting systems, and we compare the dynamics of single-source and multi-source systems.
If you would like more information about this abstract, please follow the link to http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~jwiseman/. This link was provided by the author. When you follow it, you will leave the Web site for this meeting; to return, you should use the Back comand on your browser.
The author(s) of this abstract have provided an email address for comments about the abstract: jwiseman@pha.jhu.edu