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Gas infall in the massive star formation core G192.16-3.84

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2019-04-03 v1

Abstract

Previous observations have revealed an accretion disk and outflow motion in high-mass star-forming region G192.16-3.84. While collapse have not been reported before. We present here molecular line and continuum observations toward massive core G192.16-3.84 with the Submillimeter Array. C18^{18}O(2-1) and HCO+^{+}(3-2) lines show pronounced blue profiles, indicating gas infalling in this region. This is the first time that the infall motion has been reported in G192.16-3.84 core. Two-layer model fitting gave infall velocities of 2.0±\pm0.2 and 2.8±\pm0.1 km s1^{-1}. Assuming that the cloud core follows a power-law density profile (ρ\rho\proptor1.5r^{1.5}), the corresponding mass infall rates are (4.7±\pm1.7)×103\times10^{-3} and (6.6±\pm2.1)×103\times10^{-3} M\sun_{\sun} yr1^{-1} for C18^{18}O(2-1) and HCO+^{+}(3-2), respectively. The derived infall rates are in agreement with the turbulent core model and those in other high-mass star-forming regions, suggesting that high accretion rate is a general requirement to form a massive star.

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@article{arxiv.1810.01597,
  title  = {Gas infall in the massive star formation core G192.16-3.84},
  author = {Mengyao Tang and Sheng-Li Qin and Tie Liu and Yuefang Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.01597},
  year   = {2019}
}