Probing discs around massive young stellar objects with CO first overtone emission
Probing discs around massive young stellar objects with CO first overtone emission
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利用二氧化碳第一泛音发射探测大质量年轻恒星周围的圆盘
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2010
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通讯作者:
J. Urquhart
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作者:
H. Wheelwright;R. Oudmaijer;W. D. Wit;M. Hoare;S. Lumsden;J. Urquhart
We present high resolution (R�50; 000) spectroastrometry over the CO 1 st overtone bandhead of a sample of seven intermediate/massive young stellar objects. These are primarily drawn from the red MSX source (RMS) survey, a systematic search for young massive stars which has returned a large, well selected sample of such objects. The mean luminosity of the sample is approximately 5� 10 4 L�, indicating the objects typically have a mass of� 15 M�. We fit the observed bandhead profiles with a model of a circums tellar disc, and find good agreement between the models and observations for all but one object. We compare the high angular precision (0: 2− 0: 8� 10 −3 arc-seconds) spectroastrometric data to the spatial distr ibution of the emitting material in the best-fitting models. N o spatial signatures of discs are detected, which is entirely consistent with the properties of the best-fitting models. Therefore, the observations suggest that the CO bandhead emission of massive young stellar objects originates in small-scale disks, in agreement with previous work. This provides further evidence that massive stars form via disc accretion, as suggested by recent simulations.
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10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16077.x
发表时间:
2010
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4.8
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Davies B
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Davies B