MASERS AS TRACERS OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS

Diana V. López; Esteban D. Araya

Submitted January 11, 2023

Published 2023-01-25

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2023): Tecnociencia

MASERS AS TRACERS OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS

Diana V. López⁺⁻
Esteban D. Araya⁺⁻

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López, D. V. and Araya, E. D. (2023) “MASERS AS TRACERS OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS”, Tecnociencia, 25(1), pp. 180–192. Available at: https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/tecnociencia/article/view/3443 (Accessed: 28 September 2024).

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Abstract

The dissipation of angular momentum of collapsing molecular cores is a key component in the formation of stars. Previous observations have reported that highly collimated protostellar jets can remove angular momentum from low-mass protostars. In contrast, there is no clear evidence that this occurs for high-mass protostars. Here we report the results of developing a data analysis platform to investigate whether molecular masers in the outflows of two high-mass star forming regions, DR21(OH) and W75N(B), trace net angular momentum. No statistically significant evidence was found for masers to trace net angular momentum transfer in these regions. However, our results show that high-angular resolution observations of masers near high-mass protostars have the potential of revealing this phenomenon at scales similar to the specific angular momentum carried by planets in our Solar System.

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