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IRAS 18317-0757:一个嵌入的大质量恒星和原恒星星团

IRAS 18317-0757: A Cluster of Embedded Massive Stars and Protostars

T. R. Hunter, Q. Zhang, T. K. Sridharan

摘要:

我们提出了高分辨率,多波长连续谱和分子线图像的大质量恒星形成区域IRAS 18317-0757。通过毫米光谱能量分布的红外线可以近似由一个两个温度模型(25和63 K)的总光度约log(L/Lsun)=5.2。先前的亚毫米成像将该区域分解为5个尘芯,其中一个与UCHII区域G23.96+0.15相关,另一个与H2O脉泽相关。在我们的新的2.7毫米连续图像中,只有UCHII区域被检测到,总通量和形态与VLA cm波图中的自由-自由发射非常一致。对于其他四个对象,在2.7毫米和MSX中红外波段的未检测到与温度为13- 40 K和光度为1000-40000 Lsun的冷尘埃发射一致。通过结合单碟和干涉测量数据,我们已经确定了超过24维里化的C18 O核心在这个地区,包含约40%的总分子气体质量。虽然C18 O和粉尘排放的总体程度相似,但排放峰值在细节上并不相关。2 MASS在该区域发现的123颗恒星中,至少有11颗可能位于恒星形成星团内。两颗恒星(都与UCHII区域有关)先前通过红外光谱被确定为O星。其余的大多数变红的恒星与C18 O核心或尘埃核心没有明显的相关性。总之,我们的观测表明,在UCHII区域形成和O星在红外波长下变得可探测到所需的时间内,分子云发生了相当大的碎裂。在中心区域的外围似乎正在形成更多的恒星,在大量的C18 O分子核心中形成了多达四颗B型(原)恒星。

英文摘要:

We present high-resolution, multiwavelength continuum and molecular-line images of the massive star forming region IRAS 18317-0757. The IR through mm spectral energy distribution can be approximated by a two-temperature model (25 and 63 K) with a total luminosity of approximately log(L/Lsun)=5.2. Previous submm imaging resolved this region into a cluster of 5 dust cores, one of which is associated with the UCHII region G23.96+0.15, and another with an H2O maser. In our new 2.7 mm continuum image, only the UCHII region is detected, with total flux and morphology in good agreement with the free-free emission in VLA cm-wave maps. For the other four objects, the nondetections at 2.7 mm and in the MSX mid-IR bands are consistent with cool dust emission with a temperature of 13-40K and luminosity of 1000-40000 Lsun. By combining single-dish and interferometric data, we have identified over two dozen virialized C18O cores in this region that contain ~40% of the total molecular gas mass present. While the overall extent of the C18O and dust emission is similar, the emission peaks do not correlate well in detail. At least 11 of the 123 stars identified by 2MASS in this region are likely to be within the star-forming cluster. Two stars (both associated with the UCHII region) were previously identified as O stars via IR spectroscopy. Most of the rest of the reddened stars have no obvious correlation with the C18O cores or the dust cores. In summary, our observations indicate that considerable fragmentation of the molecular cloud has taken place during the time required for the UCHII region to form and the O stars to become detectable at IR wavelengths. Additional star formation appears to be ongoing on the periphery of the central region, where up to four B-type (proto)stars have formed among a substantial number of C18O molecular cores.

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