Accretion Disks Around Class 0 Protostars: The Case of VLA 1623
arXiv:astro-ph/9608087 · doi:10.1086/310309
Abstract
Continuum emission at 220 and 355 GHz from the prototype Class 0 source VLA 1623 has been detected using the JCMT-CSO interferometer. Gaussian fits to the data place an upper limit of 70 AU on the half-width half-maximum radius of the emission, which implies an upper limit of ~175 AU for the cutoff radius of the circumstellar disk in the system. In the context of existing collapse models, this disk could be magnetically supported on the largest scales and have an age of ~6x10^4 yr, consistent with previous suggestions that Class 0 sources are quite young. The innermost region of the disk within ~6 AU is likely to be in centrifugal support, which is likely large enough to provide a drive for the outflow according to current theoretical models. Alternatively, if 175 AU corresponds to the centrifugal radius of the disk, the age of the system is ~2x10^5 yr, closer to age estimates for Class I sources.
arXiv comment14 pages, aastex, 2 postscript figures; accepted for publication in ApJ Letters; also available at http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/Wilson_Preprints
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