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Hauptverfasser: De Simone, M., Cacciapuoti, L., Capela, D., Macias, E., Podio, L., Miotello, A., Gupta, A., Bae, J., Grant, S., Espaillat, C.
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11439
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author De Simone, M.
Cacciapuoti, L.
Capela, D.
Macias, E.
Podio, L.
Miotello, A.
Gupta, A.
Bae, J.
Grant, S.
Espaillat, C.
author_facet De Simone, M.
Cacciapuoti, L.
Capela, D.
Macias, E.
Podio, L.
Miotello, A.
Gupta, A.
Bae, J.
Grant, S.
Espaillat, C.
contents Protostellar streamers are elongated structures that channel material from larger scale onto disks, influencing their physical and chemical evolution. The M512 protostar in Orion/Lynds 1641 hosts one of the most massive and extended streamer discovered so far, offering a unique opportunity to study these processes. We investigate the morphology, chemistry, and origin of this streamer,and its potential impact on the protostellar disk. Using archival ALMA observations of C18O, DCO+, N2D+, and HCO+, we compare their spatial distributions through moment maps and spatial profiles. The streamer shows clear chemical stratification: C18O lies on the western side of the protostar, N2D+ is farther out to the east, and DCO+ is in the middle. This suggests that the structure has been shaped by environmental effects rather than tracing a single coherent infalling flow, with only the densest gas near the protostar likely to accrete onto the disk. Overall, the bulk of the streamer reflects the physical and chemical imprint of the surrounding cloud, highlighting the importance of environmental shaping in interpreting streamer-disk connections and their role in disk growth.
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spellingShingle The environmental imprint on molecular layering in the dusty streamer of M512
De Simone, M.
Cacciapuoti, L.
Capela, D.
Macias, E.
Podio, L.
Miotello, A.
Gupta, A.
Bae, J.
Grant, S.
Espaillat, C.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Protostellar streamers are elongated structures that channel material from larger scale onto disks, influencing their physical and chemical evolution. The M512 protostar in Orion/Lynds 1641 hosts one of the most massive and extended streamer discovered so far, offering a unique opportunity to study these processes. We investigate the morphology, chemistry, and origin of this streamer,and its potential impact on the protostellar disk. Using archival ALMA observations of C18O, DCO+, N2D+, and HCO+, we compare their spatial distributions through moment maps and spatial profiles. The streamer shows clear chemical stratification: C18O lies on the western side of the protostar, N2D+ is farther out to the east, and DCO+ is in the middle. This suggests that the structure has been shaped by environmental effects rather than tracing a single coherent infalling flow, with only the densest gas near the protostar likely to accrete onto the disk. Overall, the bulk of the streamer reflects the physical and chemical imprint of the surrounding cloud, highlighting the importance of environmental shaping in interpreting streamer-disk connections and their role in disk growth.
title The environmental imprint on molecular layering in the dusty streamer of M512
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11439