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解析了来自大质量年轻恒星天体的24.5微米发射

Resolved 24.5 micron emission from massive young stellar objects

W. J. de Wit, M. G. Hoare, T. Fujiyoshi, R. D. Oudmaijer, M. Honda, H. Kataza, T. Miyata, Y. K. Okamoto, T. Onaka, S. Sako, T. Yamashita

摘要:

巨大的年轻恒星天体(MYSO)被巨大的尘埃包层所包围。我们的目标是建立他们的密度结构的尺度上~1000 AU,即一个因素10增加角分辨率相比,在(分)毫米进行类似的研究。我们已经获得了衍射限制(0.6”)24.5微米的14个著名的大质量恒星形成区与斯巴鲁/COMICS的图像。这些图像揭示了离散的MYSO源的存在,这些源在角秒尺度上得到了解决。对于许多辐射源,辐射转移模型都能令人满意地再现观测结果。它们由密度幂律分布(n(r)~ r^(-p))描述,p = 1.0 +/-0.25。这样的分布是浅于那些发现在更大的尺度上探测单碟(分)毫米的研究。其他来源的密度定律比p = 1.0更浅/更陡,有证据表明这些MYSO分别被视为接近边缘或接近正面。这些图像还显示了一个散射分量,追踪了一些更大规模的结构,特别是在区域S140,AFGL 2136,IRAS 20126+4104,Mon R2和Cep A中可见。因此,我们发现一个平坦的MYSO信封密度的法律从~10 000 AU下降到~1000 AU的规模。我们建议,这可能是旋转支持的信封(删节)的证据。

英文摘要:

Massive young stellar objects (MYSO) are surrounded by massive dusty envelopes. Our aim is to establish their density structure on scales of ~1000 AU, i.e. a factor 10 increase in angular resolution compared to similar studies performed in the (sub)mm. We have obtained diffraction-limited (0.6") 24.5 micron images of 14 well-known massive star formation regions with Subaru/COMICS. The images reveal the presence of discrete MYSO sources which are resolved on arcsecond scales. For many sources, radiative transfer models are capable of satisfactorily reproducing the observations. They are described by density powerlaw distributions (n(r) ~ r^(-p)) with p = 1.0 +/-0.25. Such distributions are shallower than those found on larger scales probed with single-dish (sub)mm studies. Other sources have density laws that are shallower/steeper than p = 1.0 and there is evidence that these MYSOs are viewed near edge-on or near face-on, respectively. The images also reveal a diffuse component tracing somewhat larger scale structures, particularly visible in the regions S140, AFGL 2136, IRAS 20126+4104, Mon R2, and Cep A. We thus find a flattening of the MYSO envelope density law going from ~10 000 AU down to scales of ~1000 AU. We propose that this may be evidence of rotational support of the envelope (abridged).

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