Multiple misaligned outflows and warped accretion flows in the proto-multiple system Per-emb-8 and 55

TL;DR

This study uses ALMA data to reveal complex, misaligned outflows and warped disks in a proto-multiple system, shedding light on the dynamics of early star formation and interactions.

Contribution

It provides detailed observational evidence of warped disks and multiple misaligned outflows in a proto-multiple system, highlighting complex formation processes.

Findings

Detection of two arm-like infalling flows in Per-emb-8

Discovery of a second bipolar outflow in Per-emb-8

Misaligned outflows and warped disks indicating complex dynamics

Abstract

To investigate the formation process of multiple systems, we have analyzed the ALMA archival data of the 1.3 mm continuum, $^{12}$CO (2-1) and C$^{18}$O (2-1) emission in a proto-multiple system consisting of a Class 0 protostar Per-emb-8 and a Class I protobinary Per-emb-55 $A$ and $B$. The 1.3 mm continuum emission is likely to primarily trace their protostellar disks, and the Keplerian disk rotation is observed in Per-emb-8 and Per-emb-55 $A$ in the emission lines. In Per-emb-8, we identify two arm-like structures with a length of $\sim$ 1000 au connecting the eastern and western of its disk in the continuum and C$^{18}$O emission. Our analysis suggests that these arm-like structures are most likely infalling flows. In the $^{12}$CO emission, we discover a second bipolar outflow associated with Per-emb-8. The two bipolar outflows in Per-emb-8 are possibly launched along the normal axes of the misaligned inner and outer parts of its warped protostellar disk. In Per-emb-55, we find that the red- and blueshifted lobes of its bipolar outflow are misaligned by 90$^\circ$. The presence of the warped disk, multiple misaligned outflows, and asymmetric infalling flows suggest complex dynamics in proto-multiple systems, and these could be related to the tidal interactions between the companions and/or the turbulent environments forming this proto-multiple system.