FAUST XV. A disc wind mapped by CH$_3$OH and SiO in the inner 300 au of the NGC 1333 IRAS 4A2 protostar.
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M. D. Simone, L. Podio, L. Chahine, C. Codella, C. Chandler, C. Ceccarelli, A. López-Sepulcre, L. Loinard, B. Svoboda, N. Sakai
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D. Johnstone, F. Ménard, Y. Aikawa, M. Bouvier, G. Sabatini, A. Miotello, C. Vastel, N. Cuello, E. Bianchi, P. Caselli, E. Caux, T. Hanawa, E. Herbst, D. Segura-Cox, Z. Zhang, S. Yamamoto
/ Abstract
Understanding the connection between outflows, winds, accretion, and discs in the inner protostellar regions is crucial for comprehending star and planet formation processes. We aim to we explore the inner 300 au of the protostar IRAS 4A2 as part of the ALMA FAUST Large Program. We analysed the kinematical structures of SiO and \ emission with 50 au resolution. The emission arises from three zones: (i) a very compact and unresolved region ($<$50 au) dominated by the ice sublimation zone, at pm 1.5 \ with respect to sys $, traced by methanol; (ii) an intermediate region (between 50 au and 150 au) traced by both SiO and CH$_3$OH, between 2 and 6 \ with respect to sys $, with an inverted velocity gradient (with respect to the large-scale emission), whose origin is not clear; (iii) an extended region ($>$ 150 au) traced by SiO, above 7 with respect to sys $, and dominated by the outflow. In the intermediate region, we estimated a abundance ratio of about 120--400 and a SiO/H$_2$ abundance of $. We explored various possibilities to explain the origin of this region, such as, a rotating disc or inner envelope, a jet on the plane of the sky or precessing, and a wide-angle disc wind. We propose that \ and SiO in the inner 100 au probe the base of a wide-angle disc wind. The material accelerated in the wind crosses the plane of the sky, giving rise to the observed inverted velocity gradient, and sputtering the grain mantles and cores releasing CH$_3$OH and SiO. This is the first detection of a disc-wind candidate in SiO, and the second ever in
Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics