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2002ApJ...580..959N - Astrophys. J., 580, 959-968 (2002/December-1)

Hubble space telescope NICMOS images of the HH 7/11 outflow in NGC 1333.

NORIEGA-CRESPO A., COTERA A., YOUNG E. and CHEN H.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present near-infrared images in H2at 2.12 µm of the HH 7/11 outflow and its driving source SVS 13 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS2 camera, as well as archival Hα and [S II] optical images obtained with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). The Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer high angular resolution observations confirm the nature of a small-scale jet arising from SVS 13 and resolve a structure in the HH 7 working surface that could correspond to Mach disk H2emission. The H2jet has a length of 430 AU (at a distance of 350 pc) and an aspect ratio of 2.2 and morphologically resembles the well-known DG Tau optical microjet. The kinematical age of the jet (∼10 yr) coincides with the time since the last outburst from SVS 13. If we interpret the observed H2flux density with molecular shock models of 20-30 km.s–1, then the jet has a density as high as 105 cm–3. The presence of this small jet warns that contamination by H2emission from an outflow in studies searching for H2 in circumstellar disks is possible. At the working surface, the smooth H2 morphology of the HH 7 bow shock indicates that the magnetic field is strong, playing a major role in stabilizing this structure. The H2flux density of the Mach disk, when compared with that of the bow shock, suggests that its emission is produced by molecular shocks of less than 20 km.s–1. The WFPC2 optical images display several of the global features already inferred from ground-based observations, like the filamentary structure in HH 8 and HH 10, which suggests a strong interaction of the outflow with its cavity. The H2jet is not detected in [S II] or Hα; however, there is a small clump at ∼5 " northeast of SVS 13 that could be depicting the presence of either a different outburst event or the north edge of the outflow cavity.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: Herbig-Haro Objects - ISM: Individual: Alphanumeric: HH 7/11 - ISM: Jets and Outflows - Stars: Formation - Stars: Mass Loss

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