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高质量原恒星系统中的差动旋转盘

A differentially rotating disc in a high-mass protostellar system

M. Pestalozzi, M. Elitzur, J. Conway

摘要:

利用NGC 7538-IRS 1 N的高分辨率甲醇脉泽观测,推断出一颗大质量原恒星周围存在一个强的星周盘。然而,这一解释受到了挑战,提出了双极流出作为替代解释。我们比较了这两个方案的最佳一致性的意见。使用一个新开发的形式主义,我们在地图上的每个观测点和LOS速度为两种情况下的微波激射器发射的光学深度模型。我们发现,如果发射是对称的中心峰值在空间和LOS速度,那么它必须产生从一个边缘上的光盘在足够快的差分旋转。圆盘模型成功地拟合了位置-速度空间中的~100个独立测量点,具有4个自由参数,总体精度为3- 4%。开普勒自转的解需要至少4个太阳质量的中心质量。接近最佳拟合的模型,如果开普勒运动被假定为围绕一个中心质量等于~30太阳质量从其他观测推断。相比之下,我们发现,经典的双极流出模型不能拟合的数据,虽然可以适用于其他来源。我们的结果非常支持差分旋转圆盘假说来描述12.2(和6.7)GHz甲醇脉泽发射的主要特征,在NGC 7538 IRS 1 N。此外,对于开普勒旋转约30太阳质量的原恒星,我们预测的位置和速度,切向放大脉泽应检测到高动态范围的观测。[删节]

英文摘要:

A strong signature of a circumstellar disc around a high-mass protostar has been inferred from high resolution methanol maser observations in NGC7538-IRS1 N. This interpretation has however been challenged with a bipolar outflow proposed as an alternative explanation. We compare the two proposed scenarios for best consistency with the observations. Using a newly developed formalism we model the optical depth of the maser emission at each observed point in the map and LOS velocity for the two scenarios. We find that if the emission is symmetric around a central peak in both space and LOS velocity then it has to arise from an edge-on disc in sufficiently fast differential rotation. Disc models successfully fit ~100 independent measurement points in position-velocity space with 4 free parameters to an overall accuracy of 3-4%. Solutions for Keplerian rotation require a central mass of at least 4 solar masses. Close to best-fitting models are obtained if Keplerian motion is assumed around a central mass equaling ~30 solar masses as inferred from other observations. In contrast we find that classical bipolar outflow models cannot fit the data, although could be applicable in other sources. Our results strongly favour the differentially rotating disc hypothesis to describe the main feature of the 12.2 (and 6.7) GHz methanol maser emission in NGC7538 IRS1 N. Furthermore, for Keplerian rotation around a ~30 solar masses protostar we predict the position and velocity at which tangentially amplified masers should be detected in high dynamic range observations. [abridged]

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