Characterising the multiple protostellar system VLA 1623-2417 with JWST, ALMA and VLA: outflow origins, dust growth and an unsettled disk

Isaac C. Radley, Gemma Busquet, John D. Ilee, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Jaime E. Pineda, Klaus M. Pontoppidan, Enrique Macías, María José Maureira, Eleonora Bianchi, Tyler L. Bourke, Claudio Codella, Jan Forbrich, Josep M. Girart, Melvin G. Hoare, Ricardo Hernández Garnica, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra, Laurent Loinard, Jazmín Ordóñez-Toro, Linda Podio

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Abstract

Utilising JWST, ALMA and the VLA we present high angular resolution (0.06''- 0.42''), multi-wavelength (4 micron - 3cm) observations of the VLA 1623-2417 protostellar system to characterise the origin, morphology and, properties of the continuum emission. JWST observations at 4.4 micron reveal outflow cavities for VLA 1623 A and, for the first time, VLA 1623 B, as well as scattered light from the upper layers of the VLA 1623 W disk. We model the millimetre-centimetre spectral energy distributions to quantify the relative contributions of dust and ionised gas emission, calculate dust masses, and use spectral index maps to determine where optical depth hinders this analysis. In general, all objects appear to be optically thick down to ~90 GHz, show evidence for significant amounts (10's - 100's M_Earth) of large (>1 mm) dust grains, and are dominated by ionised gas emission for frequencies ~
Original languageEnglish
JournalThe Astrophysical Journal
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 31 Jan 2025

Keywords

  • astro-ph.SR
  • astro-ph.EP
  • astro-ph.GA

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