DISK AND ENVELOPE STRUCTURE IN CLASS 0 PROTOSTARS. II. HIGH-RESOLUTION MILLIMETER MAPPING OF THE SERPENS SAMPLE

We present high-resolution CARMA 230 GHz continuum imaging of nine deeply embedded protostars in the Serpens Molecular Cloud, including six of the nine known Class 0 protostars in Serpens. This work is part of a program to characterize disk and envelope properties for a complete sample of Class 0 protostars in nearby low-mass star-forming regions. Here, we present CARMA maps and visibility amplitudes as a function of uv-distance for the Serpens sample. Observations are made in the B, C, D, and E antenna configurations, with B configuration observations utilizing the CARMA Paired Antenna Calibration System. Combining data from multiple configurations provides excellent uv-coverage (4-500 k lambda), allowing us to trace spatial scales from 10(2) to 10(4) AU. We find evidence for compact disk components in all of the observed Class 0 protostars, suggesting that disks form at very early times (t < 0.2 Myr) in Serpens. We make a first estimate of disk masses using the flux at 50 k lambda, where the contribution from the envelope should be negligible, assuming an unresolved disk. The resulting disk masses range from 0.04 M-circle dot to 1.7 M-circle dot, with a mean of approximately 0.2 M-circle dot. Our high-resolution maps are also sensitive to binary or multiple sources with separations greater than or similar to 250 AU, but significant evidence of multiplicity on scales < 2000 AU is seen in only one source.