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Warm Molecular Hydrogen and Ionized Neon in the HH2 Outflow

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dc.creator Moro-Martín, Amaya
dc.creator Noriega-Crespo, A.
dc.creator Cesarsky, D.
dc.creator Cabrit, S.
dc.creator Cernicharo, José
dc.creator Lefloch, Bertrand
dc.date 2008-01-02T13:19:10Z
dc.date 2008-01-02T13:19:10Z
dc.date 2003-05-07
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:59:38Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:59:38Z
dc.identifier arXiv:astro-ph/0305108v1
dc.identifier The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 590:L41–L44, 2003 June 10
dc.identifier 1538-4357
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2646
dc.identifier 10.1086/376673
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2646
dc.description We report on spectro-imaging observations of the Herbig-Haro 2 outflow with the ISOCAM camera onboard the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The [Ne II}] 12.81 microns and [Ne III]15.55 microns lines are detected only towards the jet working surface (HH 2H), consistent with the high excitation of this knot in the optical range, while H2 pure rotational emission is found all over the shocked region HH 2. The low energy transition S(2) traces warm gas (T approx. 400K) peaked towards knots E-F and extended ejecta (T approx. 250-380) with masses of a few 0.001 solar mass in the high-velocity CO outflow extending between the powering source and HH 2. Such emission could arise from low-velocity C-type shocks (v= 10-15 km/s). The higher transitions S(3)-S(7) trace the emission of hot shocked gas (T= 1000-1400K) from individual optical knots in the HH 2 region. The ortho to para (OTP) ratio exhibits large spatial variations between 1.2 (E) and 2.5 (H), well below its value at LTE. The emission of the S(3)-S(7) lines is well accounted for by planar C-shock models with a typical velocity V= 20-30 km/s propagating into a medium of density 10^4-10^5 cm-3 with an initial OTP ratio close to 1 in the pre-shock gas. In the leading edge of the jet, where the geometry of the emission allows a simple modelling, a good agreement is found with velocities derived from the optical proper motions measured in the ionized gas.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Astronomical Society
dc.relation Preprint
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Stars: formation
dc.subject ISM: Herbig‐Haro objects
dc.subject ISM: individual (HH 1–2)
dc.subject ISM: jets and outflows
dc.subject ISM: molecules
dc.title Warm Molecular Hydrogen and Ionized Neon in the HH2 Outflow
dc.type Pre-print


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