HOPS 361-C's Jet Decelerating and Precessing Through NGC 2071 IR
arXiv:2211.12599 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acc401
Abstract
We present a two-epoch Hubble Space Telescope (HST) study of NGC 2071 IR highlighting HOPS 361-C, a protostar producing an arced 0.2 parsec-scale jet. Proper motions for the brightest knots decrease from 350 to 100 km/s with increasing distance from the source. The [Fe II] and Pa emission line intensity ratio gives a velocity jump through each knot of 40--50 km/s. A new [O I] 63 \mic\ spectrum, taken with the German REciever for Astronomy at Terahertz frequencies (GREAT) instrument aboard Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), shows a low line-of-sight velocity indicative of high jet inclination. Proper motions and jump velocities then estimate 3D flow speed for knots. Subsequently, we model knot positions and speeds with a precessing jet that decelerates. Measurements are matched with a precession period of 1,000--3,000 years and half opening angle of . The [Fe II] 1.26-to-1.64 \mic\ line intensity ratio determines visual extinction to each knot from 5--30 mag. Relative to 14 mag of extinction through the cloud from O emission maps, the jet is embedded at a 1/5 to 4/5 fractional cloud depth. Our model suggests the jet is dissipated over a 0.2 pc arc. This short distance may result from the jet sweeping through a wide angle, allowing the cloud time to fill cavities opened by the jet. Precessing jets contrast with nearly unidirectional protostellar jets that puncture host clouds and can propagate significantly further.
25 pages, 10 figures, submitted to ApJ on 22-11-2022, revised until 8-3-2023, accepted 9-3-2023
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