Subarcsecond resolution observations of warm water toward three deeply embedded low-mass protostars

Author: Persson M. V.   Jørgensen J. K.   van Dishoeck E. F.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|541|issue|A39-A39

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.541, Iss.issue, 2012-04, pp. : A39-A39

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Abstract

Context. Water is present during all stages of star formation: as ice in the cold outer parts of protostellar envelopes and dense inner regions of circumstellar disks, and as gas in the envelopes close to the protostars, in the upper layers of circumstellar disks and in regions of powerful outflows and shocks. Because of its key importance in the understanding of its origin in our own solar system, following the evolution of water all the way to the planet-forming disk is a fundamental task in research in star formation and astrochemistry.

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