Submillimeter Observations of the Quiescent Core - Ophiuchus a - N 6

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  • E. A. Bergin
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We have observed the Oph A-N6 prestellar core in the following transitions: N2D + J=3→2, DCO J=3→2 and J=5→4, HCO J=3→2, CS J=5→4 and J=7→6, and HCO J=3→2 and J=4→3, using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. We also observed the NH3 (1,1) and (2,2) inversion transitions towards the Oph A-N6 peak with the Green Bank Telescope. We have found that the N6 core is composed of shells of different chemical composition due to the freezing out of chemical species at different densities. The undepleted species N2D + appears to trace the high-density interior of the core, DCO and HCO trace an intermediate region, and CS traces the outermost edges of the core. A distinct blue-red spectral asymmetry, indicative of infall motion, is clearly detected in the HCO spectra, suggesting that N6 is undergoing gravitational collapse. This collapse was possibly initiated by a decrease in turbulent support suggested by the fact that the non-thermal contribution to the line widths is smaller for the molecular species closer to the center of the core. We also present a temperature profile for the core. These observations support the claim that the Oph A-N6 core is an extremely young prestellar core, which may have been recently cut off from MHD support and begun to collapse. Subject headings: ISM: Clouds, ISM: Molecules, Stars: Formation, ISM: Individual (Oph A-N6)

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تاریخ انتشار 2009