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Filamentary Flows and Clump-fed High-mass Star Formation in G22

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2018-08-22 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

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 MM_\odot~Myr1^{-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 s1^{-1} and a mass infall rate of 7.2×104 7.2\times10^{-4} MM_\odot yr1^{-1}, which is supported by the prevalent HCO+^+ (3-2) and 13^{13}CO (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 7×1057\times10^{-5} MM_\odot yr1^{-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.

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@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}
}

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2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in proceedings of IAU Symposium 336 - Astrophysical Masers: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe