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诺玛旋臂中的四个高亮度大质量恒星形成区:I.分子气体和尘埃观测

Four highly luminous massive star forming regions in the Norma Spiral Arm.: I. Molecular gas and dust observations

Guido Garay, Diego Mardones, Leonardo Bronfman, Jorge May, Luis Chavarria, Lars-Ake Nyman

摘要:

我们报告了用SEST望远镜对四个与高亮度(L> 6x10^5 Lsun)IRAS源(15290-5546、15502-5302、15567-5236和16060-5146)有关的年轻大质量恒星形成区进行的分子线和尘埃连续体观测。在CS(J=2-1、3-2和5-4)、SiO(J=2-1和3-2)、CH_3OH(Jk= 3 k-2k和2k-1 k)和C_(34)S(J=3-2)的谱线中绘制了分子发射谱图。此外,在CO,13 CO和C 18 O(J=1-0)线上获得了峰位处的单谱。我们发现,明亮的恒星形成区与分子气体和尘埃结构有关,其半径通常为0.5 pc,质量约为5 × 10^3 Msun,柱密度约为5 × 10 ^{23} cm^{-2},分子氢密度通常为2 × 10^5 cm^{-3},尘埃温度约为40 K。1.2毫米尘埃连续观测进一步表明,核心是集中凝聚,具有径向密度分布与幂律指数在1.6-1.9的范围内。我们发现,在这些条件下,由气体的动力学摩擦起着重要的作用,在迁移的大质量的恒星向中央核心区域,提供了一个解释所观察到的恒星质量分离的核心。

英文摘要:

We report molecular line and dust continuum observations, made with the SEST telescope, towards four young high-mass star forming regions associated with highly luminous (L> 6x10^5 Lsun) IRAS sources (15290-5546, 15502-5302, 15567-5236 and 16060-5146). Molecular emission was mapped in lines of CS (J=2-1, 3-2 and 5-4), SiO (J=2-1 and 3-2), CH3OH (Jk=3k-2k and 2k-1k), and C34S (J=3-2). In addition, single spectra at the peak position were taken in the CO, 13CO and C18O (J=1-0) lines. We find that the luminous star forming regions are associated with molecular gas and dust structures with radii of typically 0.5 pc, masses of ~5x10^3 Msun, column densities of ~5x10^{23} cm^{-2}, molecular hydrogen densities of typically ~2x10^5 cm^{-3} and dust temperatures of ~40 K. The 1.2 mm dust continuum observations further indicate that the cores are centrally condensed, having radial density profiles with power-law indices in the range 1.6-1.9. We find that under these conditions dynamical friction by the gas plays an important role in the migration of high-mass stars towards the central core region, providing an explanation for the observed stellar mass segregation within the cores.

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