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Slow ionized wind and rotating disklike system associated with the high-mass young stellar object G345.4938+01.4677

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-12-24 v2

Abstract

We report the detection, made using ALMA, of the 92 GHz continuum and hydrogen recombination lines (HRLs) H40α\alpha, H42α\alpha, and H50β\beta emission toward the ionized wind associated with the high-mass young stellar object G345.4938+01.4677. This is the luminous central dominating source located in the massive and dense molecular clump associated with IRAS 16562-3959. The HRLs exhibit Voigt profiles, a strong signature of Stark broadening. We successfully reproduce the observed continuum and HRLs simultaneously using a simple model of a slow ionized wind in local thermodynamic equilibrium, with no need a high-velocity component. The Lorentzian line wings imply electron densities of 5×1075\times10^7 cm3^{-3} on average. In addition, we detect SO and SO2_2 emission arising from a compact (3000\sim3000 AU) molecular core associated with the central young star. The molecular core exhibits a velocity gradient perpendicular to the jet-axis, which we interpret as evidence of rotation. The set of observations toward G345.4938+01.4677 are consistent with it being a young high-mass star associated with a slow photo-ionized wind.

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@article{arxiv.1410.0233,
  title  = {Slow ionized wind and rotating disklike system associated with the high-mass young stellar object G345.4938+01.4677},
  author = {Andrés E. Guzmán and Guido Garay and Luis F. Rodríguez and James Moran and Kate J. Brooks and Leonardo Bronfman and Lars-Åke Nyman and Patricio Sanhueza and Diego Mardones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.0233},
  year   = {2015}
}

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(Accepted by ApJ)