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NGC 7538 S中一颗大质量原恒星的观测

Observations of a high-mass protostar in NGC 7538S

Melvyn Wright, Jun-Hui Zhao, Goran Sandell, Stuartt Corder, W. M. Goss, Lei Zhu

摘要:

我们目前的高角分辨率连续观测的大质量的原恒星NGC 7538 S与BIMA和CARMA在3和1.4毫米,VLA观测在1.3,2,3.5和6厘米,和档案IRAC观测斯皮策空间天文台,它检测到的恒星在4.5,5.8和8 $μ$ m。这颗恒星在中红外线下看起来相当不起眼,IRAC源与VLA自由-自由辐射、OH、CH $_3$ OH、H $_2$ O脉泽以及尘埃连续谱的位置非常一致,这证实了它是NGC 7538 S核心中最明亮的天体。毫米波段的连续辐射主要来自原恒星周围稠密的冷云核心的尘埃辐射。包括所有阵列配置,发射由尺寸为~ 8”x 3”的椭圆源主导。如果我们过滤掉扩展发射,我们发现椭圆核内有三个紧凑的mm源。最强的一个,$S_A$,与VLA/IRAC源一致,并在1.4 mm处分解为双源,其中我们具有亚弧秒分辨率。测得的光谱指数,$α$,在3和1.4毫米之间是~ 2.3,在较长的波长更陡,这表明一个低的尘埃发射率或尘埃是光学厚。我们认为,这些吸积盘中的尘埃是光学厚,并估计质量的吸积盘或下降信封周围S $_A$为~ 60太阳质量。

英文摘要:

We present high angular resolution continuum observations of the high-mass protostar NGC 7538S with BIMA and CARMA at 3 and 1.4 mm, VLA observations at 1.3, 2, 3.5 and 6 cm, and archive IRAC observations from the Spitzer Space Observatory, which detect the star at 4.5, 5.8, and 8 $μ$m. The star looks rather unremarkable in the mid-IR. The excellent positional agreement of the IRAC source with the VLA free-free emission, the OH, CH$_3$OH, H$_2$O masers, and the dust continuum confirms that this is the most luminous object in the NGC 7538S core. The continuum emission at millimeter wavelengths is dominated by dust emission from the dense cold cloud core surrounding the protostar. Including all array configurations, the emission is dominated by an elliptical source with a size of ~ 8" x 3". If we filter out the extended emission we find three compact mm-sources inside the elliptical core. The strongest one, $S_A$, coincides with the VLA/IRAC source and resolves into a double source at 1.4 mm, where we have sub-arcsecond resolution. The measured spectral index, $α$, between 3 and 1.4 mm is ~ 2.3, and steeper at longer wavelengths, suggesting a low dust emissivity or that the dust is optically thick. We argue that the dust in these accretion disks is optically thick and estimate a mass of an accretion disk or infalling envelope surrounding S$_A$ to be ~ 60 solar masses.

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