The evolutionary status of dense cores in the NGC 1333 IRAS 4 region

Abstract

Protostellar evolution, following the formation of the protostar is becoming reasonably well characterized, but the evolution from a prestellar core to a protostar is not well known, although the first hydrostatic core (FHSC) must be a pivotal step. NGC 1333 IRAS 4C is a potentially very young object, that we directly compare with the nearby Class 0 IRAS 4A and IRAS 4B. Observational constraints are provided by spectral imaging from the JCMT Spectral Legacy Survey (330-373 GHz) and continuum and line observations from CARMA. We present integrated intensity and velocity maps of several species, including CO, H2CO and CH3OH. The velocity of an observed outflow, the degree of CO depletion, the deuteration of DCO+/HCO+ and gas kinetic temperatures are observational signatures that we present. We report differences between the three sources in four aspects: a) the kinetic temperature is much lower towards IRAS 4C, b) the line profiles of the detected species show strong outflow activity towards IRAS 4A and IRAS 4B but not towards IRAS 4C, c) the HCN/HNC is < 1 towards IRAS 4C, which confirms the cold nature of the source, d) the degree of CO depletion and the deuteration are the lowest towards the warmest of the sources, IRAS 4B. IRAS 4C seems to be in a different evolutionary state than the IRAS 4A and IRAS 4B sources. We can probably exclude the FHSC stage due to the relatively low Lsmm/Lbol (~6\%) and we investigate the earliest accretion phase of Class 0 stage and the transition between Class 0 to Class I. Our results do not show a consistent scenario for either case, with the major issue being the absence of outflow activity and the cold nature of IRAS 4C. The number of FHSC candidates in Perseus is ~10 times higher than current models predict, which suggests that the lifespan of these objects is greater than 1000 years, possibly due to an accretion rate lower than 4x10^-5 msun/yr.

arXiv comment19 pages, 18 figures, 3 tables; Accepted for publication in A&A

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