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NGC 2024 FIR 4区恒星形成活动的射电观测

Radio Observations of the Star Formation Activities in the NGC 2024 FIR 4 Region

Minho Choi, Miju Kang, Jeong-Eun Lee

摘要:

利用甚大天线阵的几组存档数据,通过成像厘米连续谱源和水脉泽源,研究了NGC 2024 FIR 4区域的恒星形成活动。连续源VLA 9在西北-东南方向上被拉长,与FIR 4双极流出轴一致,并且在6.2 - 3.6 cm间隔内具有平坦的频谱。与FIR 4有关的三个水脉泽斑也沿外流轴分布。其中一个光点靠近VLA 9,另一个光点靠近X射线源。对该区域致密天体位置的研究表明,FIR 4云核包含一颗低质量原恒星。VLA 9是原恒星位置的最佳指示器。VLA 9可能是由这颗原恒星驱动的射电热喷流,FIR 4不太可能包含高质量的年轻恒星天体(YSO)。甲醇6.7 GHz脉泽源位于VLA 9附近,距离约100 AU。FIR 4原恒星必须负责甲醇脉泽行动,这表明甲醇II类脉泽不一定是由高质量的YSO激发。还讨论了视场中其他厘米级连续谱源的性质以及与FIR 6n有关的水脉泽。一些连续源是射电热喷流,一些是磁性活跃的年轻恒星。

英文摘要:

Star formation activities in the NGC 2024 FIR 4 region were studied by imaging centimeter continuum sources and water maser sources using several archival data sets from the Very Large Array. The continuum source VLA 9 is elongated in the northwest-southeast direction, consistent with the FIR 4 bipolar outflow axis, and has a flat spectrum in the 6.2-3.6 cm interval. The three water maser spots associated with FIR 4 are also distributed along the outflow axis. One of the spots is located close to VLA 9, and another one is close to an X-ray source. Examinations of the positions of compact objects in this region suggest that the FIR 4 cloud core contains a single low-mass protostar. VLA 9 is the best indicator of the protostellar position. VLA 9 may be a radio thermal jet driven by this protostar, and it is unlikely that FIR 4 contains a high-mass young stellar object (YSO). A methanol 6.7 GHz maser source is located close to VLA 9, at a distance of about 100 AU. The FIR 4 protostar must be responsible for the methanol maser action, which suggests that methanol class II masers are not necessarily excited by high-mass YSOs. Also discussed are properties of other centimeter continuum sources in the field of view and the water masers associated with FIR 6n. Some of the continuum sources are radio thermal jets, and some are magnetically active young stars.

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