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The VLA/ALMA Nascent Disk and Multiplicity (VANDAM) Survey of Orion Protostars. I. Identifying and Characterizing the Protostellar Content of the OMC-2 FIR4 and OMC-2 FIR3 Regions

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Tobin, John J 
Megeath, S Thomas 
van't Hoff, Merel 
Diaz-Rodriguez, Ana Karla 
Reynolds, Nickalas 

Abstract

We present ALMA (0.87~mm) and VLA (9~mm) observations toward OMC2-FIR4 and OMC2-FIR3 within the Orion integral-shaped filament that are thought to be the nearest regions of intermediate mass star formation. We characterize the continuum sources within these regions on $\sim$40~AU (0\farcs1) scales and associated molecular line emission at a factor of $\sim30betterresolutionthanpreviousobservationsatsimilarwavelengths.WeidentifysixcompactcontinuumsourceswithinOMC2−FIR4,fourinOMC2−FIR3,andoneadditionalsourcejustoutsideOMC2−FIR4.Thiscontinuumemissionistracingtheinnerenvelopeand/ordiskemissiononlessthan100 AUscales.HOPS−108istheonlyprotostarinOMC2−FIR4thatexhibitsemissionfromhighexcitationtransitionsofcomplexorganicmolecules(e.g.,methanolandotherlines)coincidentwiththecontinuumemission.HOPS−370inOMC2−FIR3withL \sim$~360~\lsun, also exhibits emission from high-excitation methanol and other lines. The methanol emission toward these two protostars is indicative of temperatures high enough to thermally evaporate methanol from icy dust grains; overall these protostars have characteristics similar to hot corinos. We do not identify a clear outflow from HOPS-108 in \twco, but find evidence of interaction between the outflow/jet from HOPS-370 and the OMC2-FIR4 region. The multitude of observational constraints indicate that HOPS-108 is likely a low to intermediate-mass protostar in its main mass accretion phase and it is the most luminous protostar in OMC2-FIR4. The high resolution data presented here are essential for disentangling the embedded protostars from their surrounding dusty environments and characterizing them.

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Interstellar medium, Protostars, Radio interferometry, Star formation, Star-forming regions, Young stellar objects

Journal Title

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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Journal ISSN

0004-637X
1538-4357

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886

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American Astronomical Society

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Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000927/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (753799)