The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)

ALMASOP. The Localized and Chemically Rich Features near the Bases of the Protostellar Jet in HOPS 87

  • Shih-Ying Hsu,
  • Chin-Fei Lee,
  • Sheng-Yuan Liu,
  • Doug Johnstone,
  • Tie Liu,
  • Satoko Takahashi,
  • Leonardo Bronfman,
  • Huei-Ru Vivien Chen,
  • Somnath Dutta,
  • David J. Eden,
  • Neal J. Evans II,
  • Naomi Hirano,
  • Mika Juvela,
  • Yi-Jehng Kuan,
  • Woojin Kwon,
  • Chang Won Lee,
  • Jeong-Eun Lee,
  • Shanghuo Li,
  • Chun-Fan Liu,
  • Xunchuan Liu,
  • Qiuyi Luo,
  • Sheng-Li Qin,
  • Dipen Sahu,
  • Patricio Sanhueza,
  • Hsien Shang,
  • Kenichi Tatematsu,
  • Yao-Lun Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7e25
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 976, no. 1
p. 29

Abstract

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HOPS 87 is a Class 0 protostellar core known to harbor an extremely young bipolar outflow and a hot corino. We report the discovery of localized, chemically rich regions near the bases of the two-lobe bipolar molecular outflow in HOPS 87 containing molecules such as H _2 CO, ^13 CS, H _2 S, OCS, and CH _3 OH, the simplest complex organic molecule (COM). The locations and kinematics suggest that these localized features are due to jet-driven shocks rather than being part of the hot-corino region encasing the protostar. The COM compositions of the molecular gas in these jet-localized regions are relatively simpler than those in the hot-corino zone. We speculate that this simplicity is due to either the liberation of ice with a less complex chemical history or the effects of shock chemistry. Our study highlights the dynamic interplay between the protostellar bipolar outflow, disk, inner-core environment, and the surrounding medium, contributing to our understanding of molecular complexity in solar-like young stellar objects.

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