ALMA view of the L1448-mm protostellar system on disk scales: CH<sub>3</sub>OH and H<sup>13</sup>CN as new disk wind tracers - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Article Dans Une Revue Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A Année : 2024

ALMA view of the L1448-mm protostellar system on disk scales: CH3OH and H13CN as new disk wind tracers

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Protostellar disks are known to accrete; however, the exact mechanism that extracts the angular momentum and drives accretion in the low-ionization "dead" region of the disk is under debate. In recent years, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) disk winds have become a popular solution. Even so, observations of these winds require both high spatial resolution (~10 s au) and high sensitivity, which has resulted in only a handful of MHD disk wind candidates to date. In this work we present high angular resolution (~30 au) ALMA observations of the emblematic L1448-mm protostellar system and find suggestive evidence for an MHD disk wind. The disk seen in dust continuum (~0.9 mm) has a radius of ~23 au. Rotating infall signatures in H13CO+ indicate a central mass of 0.4 ± 0.1 M and a centrifugal radius similar to the dust disk radius. Above the disk, we identify rotation signatures in the outflow traced by H13CN, CH3OH, and SO lines and find a kinematical structure consistent with theoretical predictions for MHD disk winds. This is the first detection of an MHD disk wind candidate in H13CN and CH3OH. The wind launching region estimated from cold MHD wind theory extends out to the disk edge. The magnetic lever arm parameter would be λϕ ≃ 1.7, in line with recent non-ideal MHD disk models. The estimated mass-loss rate is approximately four times the protostellar accretion rate (Ṁacc ≃ 2 × 10−6M yr−1) and suggests that the rotating wind could carry enough angular momentum to drive disk accretion.
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insu-04822468 , version 1 (06-12-2024)

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P. Nazari, B. Tabone, A. Ahmadi, S. Cabrit, E. F. van Dishoeck, et al.. ALMA view of the L1448-mm protostellar system on disk scales: CH3OH and H13CN as new disk wind tracers. Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A, 2024, 686, ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202348676⟩. ⟨insu-04822468⟩
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