The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2023)

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). X. Compact Disks, Extended Infall, and a Fossil Outburst in the Class I Oph IRS43 Binary

  • Suchitra Narayanan,
  • Jonathan P. Williams,
  • John J. Tobin,
  • Jes K. Jørgensen,
  • Nagayoshi Ohashi,
  • Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin,
  • Merel L. R. van’t Hoff,
  • Zhi-Yun Li,
  • Adele L. Plunkett,
  • Leslie W. Looney,
  • Shigehisa Takakuwa,
  • Hsi-Wei Yen,
  • Yusuke Aso,
  • Christian Flores,
  • Jeong-Eun Lee,
  • Shih-Ping Lai,
  • Woojin Kwon,
  • Itziar de Gregorio-Monsalvo,
  • Rajeeb Sharma,
  • Chang Won Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfd24
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 958, no. 1
p. 20

Abstract

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We present the first results from the Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Large Program toward Oph IRS43, a binary system of solar mass protostars. The 1.3 mm dust continuum observations resolve a compact disk, ∼6 au radius, around the northern component and show that the disk around the southern component is even smaller, ≲3 au. CO, ^13 CO, and C ^18 O maps reveal a large cavity in a low-mass envelope that shows kinematic signatures of rotation and infall extending out to ∼2000 au. An expanding CO bubble centered on the extrapolated location of the source ∼130 yr ago suggests a recent outburst. Despite the small size of the disks, the overall picture is of a remarkably large and dynamically active region.

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