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Spitzer Observations of Bok Globule B335: Isolated Star Formation Efficiency and Cloud Structure

Authors :
George H. Rieke
Miju Kang
Thangasamy Velusamy
Jocelyn Keene
Yancy L. Shirley
Mark Rubin
Amelia M. Stutz
David J. Wilner
Kate Y. L. Su
John H. Bieging
Michael W. Werner
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

We present infrared and millimeter observations of Barnard 335, the prototypical isolated Bok globule with an embedded protostar. Using Spitzer data we measure the source luminosity accurately; we also constrain the density profile of the innermost globule material near the protostar using the observation of an 8.0 um shadow. HHT observations of 12CO 2 --> 1 confirm the detection of a flattened molecular core with diameter ~10000 AU and the same orientation as the circumstellar disk (~100 to 200 AU in diameter). This structure is probably the same as that generating the 8.0 um shadow and is expected from theoretical simulations of collapsing embedded protostars. We estimate the mass of the protostar to be only ~5% of the mass of the parent globule.<br />15 pages, 17 figures, emulateapj format, accepted for publication in ApJ

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....012a1f4ccc50fc3648927be4501c04eb