ALMA Survey of Orion Planck Galactic Cold Clumps (ALMASOP): A forming quadruple system with continuum `ribbons' and intricate outflows

Author:

Qiu-yi Luo, Tie Liu, Aaron T. Lee, Stella S. R. Offner, James di Francesco, Doug Johnstone, Mika Juvela, Paul F. Goldsmith, Sheng-Li Qin, Xiaofeng Mai, Xun-chuan Liu, Patricio Sanhueza, Feng-Wei Xu, Ken'ichi Tatematsu, Somnath Dutta, Huei-Ru Vivien Chen, Shanghuo Li, Aiyuan Yang, Sheng-Yuan Liu, Chin-Fei Lee, Naomi Hirano, Chang Won Lee, Dipen Sahu, Hsien Shang, Shih-Ying Hsu, Leonardo Bronfman, Woojin Kwon, M. G. Rawlings, David Eden, Xing Lu, Qi-lao Gu, Zhiyuan Ren, D Ward-Thompson, Zhi-Qiang Shen

Keyword:

Astrophysics, Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

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date:

2023-06-12 16:00:00

Abstract

One of the most poorly understood aspects of low-mass star formation is how multiple-star systems are formed. Here we present the results of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Band-6 observations towards a forming quadruple protostellar system, G206.93-16.61E2, in the Orion B molecular cloud. ALMA 1.3 mm continuum emission reveals four compact objects, of which two are Class I young stellar objects (YSOs), and the other two are likely in prestellar phase. The 1.3 mm continuum emission also shows three asymmetric ribbon-like structures that are connected to the four objects, with lengths ranging from $\sim$500 au to $\sim$2200 au. By comparing our data with magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulations, we suggest that these ribbons trace accretion flows and also function as gas bridges connecting the member protostars. Additionally, ALMA CO J=2-1 line emission reveals a complicated molecular outflow associated with G206.93-16.61E2 with arc-like structures suggestive of an outflow cavity viewed pole-on.

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