Fig. 3: Outflow properties derived from the PV diagrams of three molecular lines. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Outflow properties derived from the PV diagrams of three molecular lines.

From: Direct evidence for magnetohydrodynamic disk winds driving rotating outflows in protostar HOPS 358

Fig. 3: Outflow properties derived from the PV diagrams of three molecular lines.

a Outflow radius. The open symbols represent the outflow radius at zproj = 0, R0,geom, estimated from parabolic fitting to the measured outflow radii for each molecule. The associated error bars indicate the 1σ uncertainties of the R0,geom derived from the covariance matrix of the parabolic fit. b Rotation velocity. c Specific angular momentum, j = Routflow × vϕ. d Axial velocity. e Radial expansion velocity. f Poloidal (or outflowing) velocity. The red, orange, and blue markers represent the outflow properties derived from the H2CO, CH3OH, and SO molecular lines, respectively. Error bars represent the 1σ statistical uncertainties propagated from the bootstrap-derived ellipse-fitting parameters. For the axial and poloidal velocities, which are particularly sensitive to the nearly edge-on geometry, the effect of inclination is illustrated by showing values computed for i = 83 and 87, indicated by circle and triangle symbols, respectively. These values bracket the estimated inclination uncertainty of \(8{5}_{-2}^{+2\circ }\).

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