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ALMA Reveals Transition of Polarization Pattern with Wavelength in HL Tau’s Disk
Stephens, Ian W.,Yang, Haifeng,Li, Zhi-Yun,Looney, Leslie W.,Kataoka, Akimasa,Kwon, Woojin,Ferná,ndez-Ló,pez, Manuel,Hull, Charles L. H.,Hughes, Meredith,Segura-Cox, Dominique,Mundy, Lee,C American Astronomical Society 2017 The Astrophysical journal Vol.851 No.1
<P>The mechanism for producing polarized emission from protostellar disks at (sub) millimeter wavelengths is currently uncertain. Classically, polarization is expected from non-spherical grains aligned with the magnetic field. Recently, two alternatives have been suggested. One polarization mechanism is caused by self-scattering from dust grains of sizes comparable with the wavelength, while the other mechanism is due to grains aligned with their short axes along the direction of radiation anisotropy. The latter has recently been shown as a likely mechanism for causing the dust polarization detected in HL. Tau at 3.1 mm. In this paper, we present ALMA polarization observations of HL. Tau for two more wavelengths: 870 mu m and 1.3 mm. The morphology at 870 mu m matches the expectation for self-scattering, while that at 1.3 mm shows a mix between self-scattering and grains aligned with the radiation anisotropy. The observations cast doubt on the ability of (sub) millimeter continuum polarization to probe disk magnetic fields for at least HL Tau. By showing two distinct polarization morphologies at 870 mu m and 3.1 mm and a transition between the two at 1.3 mm, this paper provides definitive evidence that the dominant (sub) millimeter polarization mechanism transitions with wavelength. In addition, if the polarization at 870 mu m is due to scattering, the lack of polarization asymmetry along the minor axis of the inclined disk implies that the large grains responsible for the scattering have already settled into a geometrically thin layer, and the presence of asymmetry along the major axis indicates that the HL Tau disk is not completely axisymmetric.</P>
RESOLVING PROTOPLANETARY DISKS AT MILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS WITH CARMA
Kwon, Woojin,Looney, Leslie W.,Mundy, Lee G.,Welch, William J. IOP Publishing 2015 The Astrophysical journal Vol.808 No.1
<P>We present continuum observations at lambda = 1.3 and 2.7 mm using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy toward six protoplanetary disks in the Taurus molecular cloud: CI Tau, DL Tau, DO Tau, FT Tau, Haro 6-13, and HL Tau. We constrain physical properties of the disks with Bayesian inference using two disk models: the flared power-law disk model and flared accretion disk model. Comparing the physical properties, we find that the more extended disks are less flared and that the dust opacity spectral index (beta) is smaller in the less massive disks. In addition, disks with a steeper mid-plane density gradient have a smaller beta, which suggests that grains grow and radially move. Furthermore, we compare the two disk models quantitatively and find that the accretion disk model provides a better fit overall. We also discuss the possibilities of substructures on three extended protoplanetary disks.</P>
Harris, Robert J.,Cox, Erin G.,Looney, Leslie W.,Li, Zhi-Yun,Yang, Haifeng,Ferná,ndez-Ló,pez, Manuel,Kwon, Woojin,Sadavoy, Sarah,Segura-Cox, Dominique,Stephens, Ian,Tobin, John American Astronomical Society 2018 The Astrophysical journal Vol.861 No.2
<P>We present high-sensitivity (sigma(I) similar to 0.2-0.5 mJy, sigma(QU) similar to 0.05 mJy), high-resolution (similar to 0.'' 12-0.'' 2) observations of polarized 872 mu m dust emission from the young multiple system VLA 1623 in rho Ophiuchus and the protostar L1527 in Taurus. We detect the circumstellar material of VLA 1623A, the extended Keplerian disk surrounding VLA 1623A that we call VLA 1623CBdisk, VLA 1623B, VLA 1623W, and L1527 strongly in the polarized emission, at the similar to 1%-3% level. We spatially resolve VLA 1623A into two sources, VLA 1623Aa and VLA 1623Ab, separated by similar to 30 au and located within a cavity of radius similar to 50 au within the circumbinary Keplerian disk, as well as the edge-on disk of VLA 1623W. The polarization angle of the emission is uniform across each protostellar source and nearly coincides with each disk's minor axis. The offsets between the minor axis position angle and the polarization angle are not uniformly distributed at the P less than or similar to 2 x 10(-4) level. The circumbinary disk surrounding VLA 1623Aab is azimuthally symmetrically polarized. Each compact source's emission is partially optically thick (tau greater than or similar to 1) at 872 mu m, complicating interpretations of polarization involving aligned grains. We find evidence against alignment by radiative flux in each source, particularly in the edge-on VLA 1623W and L1527. We detect astrometric offsets between the polarized emission and the total intensity in VLA 1623Aa, VLA 1623Ab, and VLA 1623B, as predicted if self-scattering in the optically thick limit operates. We conclude that self-scattering is likely responsible for disk-scale polarization at 872 mu m in these systems.</P>
Dust Polarization toward Embedded Protostars in Ophiuchus with ALMA. I. VLA 1623
Sadavoy, Sarah I.,Myers, Philip C.,Stephens, Ian W.,Tobin, John,Commerç,on, Benoî,t,Henning, Thomas,Looney, Leslie,Kwon, Woojin,Segura-Cox, Dominique,Harris, Robert American Astronomical Society 2018 The Astrophysical journal Vol.859 No.2
<P>We present high-resolution (similar to 30 au) ALMA Band 6 dust polarization observations of VLA 1623. The VLA 1623 data resolve compact similar to 40 au inner disks around the two protobinary sources, VLA 1623-A and VLA 1623-B, and also an extended similar to 180 au ring of dust around VLA 1623-A. This dust ring was previously identified as a large disk in lower-resolution observations. We detect highly structured dust polarization toward the inner disks and the extended ring with typical polarization fractions similar to 1.7% and similar to 2.4%, respectively. The two components also show distinct polarization morphologies. The inner disks have uniform polarization angles aligned with their minor axes. This morphology is consistent with expectations from dust scattering. By contrast, the extended dust ring has an azimuthal polarization morphology not previously seen in lower-resolution observations. We find that our observations are well-fit by a static, oblate spheroid model with a flux-frozen, poloidal magnetic field. We propose that the polarization traces magnetic grain alignment likely from flux freezing on large scales and magnetic diffusion on small scales. Alternatively, the azimuthal polarization may be attributed to grain alignment by the anisotropic radiation field. If the grains are radiatively aligned, then our observations indicate that large (similar to 100 mu m) dust grains grow quickly at large angular extents. Finally, we identify significant proper motion of VLA 1623 using our observations and those in the literature. This result indicates that the proper motion of nearby systems must be corrected for when combining ALMA data from different epochs.</P>
Dust Polarization toward Embedded Protostars in Ophiuchus with ALMA. II. IRAS 16293-2422
Sadavoy, Sarah I.,Myers, Philip C.,Stephens, Ian W.,Tobin, John,Kwon, Woojin,Segura-Cox, Dominique,Henning, Thomas,Commerç,on, Benoî,t,Looney, Leslie American Astronomical Society 2018 The Astrophysical journal Vol.869 No.2
KINEMATICS OF THE ENVELOPE AND TWO BIPOLAR JETS IN THE CLASS 0 PROTOSTELLAR SYSTEM L1157
Kwon, Woojin,Ferná,ndez-Ló,pez, Manuel,Stephens, Ian W.,Looney, Leslie W. IOP Publishing 2015 The Astrophysical journal Vol.814 No.1
<P>A massive envelope and a strong bipolar outflow are the two main structures characterizing the youngest protostellar systems. In order to understand the physical properties of a bipolar outflow and the relationship with those of the envelope, we obtained a mosaic map covering the whole bipolar outflow of the youngest protostellar system L1157 with about 5 '' angular resolution in CO J = 2-1 using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy. By utilizing these observations of the whole bipolar outflow, we estimate its physical properties and show that they are consistent with multiple jets. We also constrain a preferred precession direction. In addition, we observed the central envelope structure with 2' resolution in the lambda = 1.3 and 3 mm continua and various molecular lines: (CO)-O-17, (CO)-O-18, (13)CO3 CS, CN, N2H+, CH3OH, H2O, SO, and SO2. All of the CO isotopes and CS, CN, and N2H+ have been detected and imaged. We marginally detected the features that can be interpreted as a rotating inner envelope in (CO)-O-17 and (CO)-O-18 and as an infalling outer envelope in N2H+. We also estimated the envelope and central protostellar masses and found that the dust-opacity spectral index changes with radius.</P>
Tobin, John J.,Bergin, Edwin A.,Hartmann, Lee,Lee, Jeong-Eun,Maret, Sé,bastien,Myers, Phillip C.,Looney, Leslie W.,Chiang, Hsin-Fang,Friesen, Rachel IOP Publishing 2013 The Astrophysical journal Vol.765 No.1
<P>We present a study on the spatial distribution of N2D+ and N2H+ in 13 protostellar systems. Eight of thirteen objects observed with the IRAM 30 m telescope show relative offsets between the peak N2D+ (J = 2 -> 1) and N2H+ (J = 1 -> 0) emission. We highlight the case of L1157 using interferometric observations from the Submillimeter Array and Plateau de Bure Interferometer of the N2D+ (J = 3 -> 2) and N2H+ (J = 1 -> 0) transitions, respectively. Depletion of N2D+ in L1157 is clearly observed inside a radius of similar to 2000 AU (7 '') and the N2H+ emission is resolved into two peaks at radii of similar to 1000 AU (3 ''.5), inside the depletion region of N2D+. Chemical models predict a depletion zone in N2D+ and N2H+ due to destruction of H2D+ at T similar to 20 K and the evaporation of CO off dust grains at the same temperature. However, the abundance offsets of 1000 AU between the two species are not reproduced by chemical models, including a model that follows the infall of the protostellar envelope. The average abundance ratios of N2D+ to N2H+ have been shown to decrease as protostars evolve by Emprechtinger et al., but this is the first time depletion zones of N2D+ have been spatially resolved. We suggest that the difference in depletion zone radii for N2H+ and N2D+ is caused by either the CO evaporation temperature being above 20 K or an H-2 ortho-to-para ratio gradient in the inner envelope.</P>
CARMA LARGE AREA STAR FORMATION SURVEY: DENSE GAS IN THE YOUNG L1451 REGION OF PERSEUS
Storm, Shaye,Mundy, Lee G.,Lee, Katherine I.,Ferná,ndez-Ló,pez, Manuel,Looney, Leslie W.,Teuben, Peter,Arce, Hé,ctor G.,Rosolowsky, Erik W.,Meisner, Aaron M.,Isella, Andrea,Kauffmann American Astronomical Society 2016 The Astrophysical journal Vol.830 No.2
<P>We present a 3 mm spectral line and continuum survey of L1451 in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. These observations are from the CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey (CLASSy), which also imaged Barnard. 1, NGC 1333, Serpens Main, and Serpens South. L1451 is the survey region with the lowest level of star formation activity-it contains no confirmed protostars. HCO+, HCN, and N2H+ (J = 1 -> 0). are all detected throughout the region, with HCO+ being the most spatially widespread, and molecular emission seen toward 90% of the area above N(H-2) column densities of 1.9 x 10(21) cm(-2). HCO+ has the broadest velocity dispersion, near 0.3 km s(-1) on average, compared with similar to 0.15 km s(-1) for the other molecules, thus representing a range of subsonic to supersonic gas motions. Our non-binary dendrogram analysis reveals that the dense gas traced by each molecule has a similar hierarchical structure, and that gas surrounding the candidate first hydrostatic core (FHSC), L1451-mm, and other previously detected single-dish continuum clumps has similar hierarchical structure; this suggests that different subregions of L1451 are fragmenting on the pathway to forming young stars. We determined that the three-dimensional morphology of the largest detectable dense-gas structures was relatively ellipsoidal compared with other CLASSy regions, which appeared more flattened at the largest scales. A virial analysis shows that the most centrally condensed dust structures are likely unstable against collapse. Additionally, we identify a new spherical, centrally condensed N2H+ feature that could be a new FHSC candidate. The overall results suggest that L1451 is a young region starting to form its generation of stars within turbulent, hierarchical structures.</P>