G22 is a hub-filament system composed of four supercritical filaments. Velocity gradients are detected along three filaments. A total mass infall rate of 440 M⊙~Myr−1 would double the hub mass in about six free-fall times. The most massive clump C1 would be in global collapse with an infall velocity of 0.31 km s−1 and a mass infall rate of 7.2×10−4M⊙ yr−1, which is supported by the prevalent HCO+ (3-2) and 13CO (3-2) blue profiles. A hot molecular core (SMA1) was revealed in C1. At the SMA1 center, there is a massive protostar (MIR1) driving multipolar outflows which are associated with clusters of class I methanol masers. MIR1 may be still growing with an accretion rate of 7×10−5M⊙ yr−1. Filamentary flows, clump-scale collapse, core-scale accretion coexist in G22, suggesting that high-mass starless cores may not be prerequisite to form high-mass stars. In the high-mass star formation process, the central protostar, the core, and the clump can grow in mass simultaneously.
@article{arxiv.1711.09547,
title = {Filamentary Flows and Clump-fed High-mass Star Formation in G22},
author = {Jinghua Yuan and Jin-Zeng Li and Yuefang Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.09547},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in proceedings of IAU Symposium 336 - Astrophysical Masers: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe