Interpretations of Molecular Protostellar Jet Simulations

Abstract:

Protostellar jets are an integral part of the star formation process. In particular, dense, molecular jets appear during the earliest Class 0 phase at the onset of star formation. In this talk I will review some results from a few sets of hydrodynamical simulations of jets from these sources, where the simulations include some molecular cooling and chemistry. I will focus on the appearance of these simulated jets in one or several molecular emission lines, and show some comparisons with a limited set of observed sources. Specifically, synthetic 1-0 S(1) line emission maps will be compared with high resolution infrared speckle observations for a few select sources.