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Physical and Chemical Structure of the Solar Type Protostar NGC1333-IRAS4

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NGC1333-IRAS4 is a binary protostellar system (IRAS4 A and B) located in the south part of the Perseus cloud. They have been classified as Class 0 protostars (André et al., 2000) and are associated with molecular outflows probed by CO and CS millimeter lines.

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Maret, S., Caux, E., Ceccarelli, C. (2002). Physical and Chemical Structure of the Solar Type Protostar NGC1333-IRAS4. In: Sauvage, M., Stazińska, G., Schaerer, D. (eds) The Evolution of Galaxies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3311-3_25

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