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We present our analysis of four molecular outflows from Class 0 (Cep E,L 1448) sources and higher mass objects (Cep A, DR 21). The emission line spectra of these outflows were observed in the mid- and far-infrared using the spectrometers (SWS, LWS) and the camera (ISOCAM) aboard the ISO satellite. We interpret the spectra using J- and C-type bow shock models and infer properties of both the outflow and surrounding gas. We find C-type bows with a shape parameter of s = 1.4 as the best interpretation of the measured line fluxes, independent of the object. The emission is partly caused by fluorescence.
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Froebrich, D., Smith, M.D. & Eislöffel, J. Shocks in Protostellar Outflows. Astrophysics and Space Science 287, 217–220 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ASTR.0000006227.85806.85
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