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The embedded young stars in the Taurus-Auriga molecular cloud. II - Models for scattered light imagesWe describe NIR imaging observations of embedded young stars in the Taurus-Auriga molecular cloud. We find a large range in J-K and H-K colors for these class I sources. The bluest objects have colors similar to the reddest T Tauri stars in the cloud; redder objects lie slightly above the reddening line for standard ISM dust and have apparent K extinctions of up to 5 mag. Most of these sources also show extended NIR emission on scales of 10-20 arcsec which corresponds to linear sizes of 1500-3000 AU. The NIR colors and nebular morphologies for this sample and the magnitude of linear polarization in several sources suggest scattered light produces most of the NIR emission in these objects. We present modeling results that suggest mass infall rates that agree with predictions for cold clouds and are generally consistent with rates estimated from radiative equilibrium models. For reasonable dust grain parameters, the range of colors and extinctions require flattened density distributions with polar cavities evacuated by bipolar outflows. These results support the idea that infall and outflow occur simultaneously in deeply embedded bipolar outflow sources. The data also indicate fairly large centrifugal radii and large inclinations to the rotational axis for a typical source.
Document ID
19930072089
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Kenyon, Scott J.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Whitney, Barbara A.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Gomez, Mercedes
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Hartmann, Lee
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 10, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 414
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A56086
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-2919
Distribution Limits
Public
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