English

Unveiling the First O-Type Bloated Star Candidate through ALMA and EVLA Observations

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2026-01-21 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We investigate the circumstellar environment of the O-type bloated star candidate IRAS 19520+2759 (I19520) using high-resolution observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA). Radio continuum emission traced by the EVLA (C, K, and Q bands) exhibits a spectral index of 0.5, consistent with a thermal jet. ALMA 1.3 mm continuum map reveals a compact source coincident with the optical counterpart of I19520, likely tracing the dense core hosting the central massive young stellar object. A prominent molecular outflow in the east-west direction, along with a possible secondary outflow oriented northeast-southwest, is identified in the 13CO^{13}\mathrm{CO} emission. A hot molecular core and a Keplerian disk are detected in several SO2\mathrm{SO}_2 transitions. Assuming an edge-on disk geometry, the dynamical mass of the central object is estimated to be in the range of 1010-15 M15~M_\odot.

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@article{arxiv.2601.12336,
  title  = {Unveiling the First O-Type Bloated Star Candidate through ALMA and EVLA Observations},
  author = {Rakesh Pandey and Aina Palau and Alvaro Sánchez-Monge and Raghvendra Sahai and Rolf Kuiper and Luis F. Rodríguez and Carmen Sánchez Contreras and Saurabh Sharma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.12336},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

3 pages, 2 figures; Acceptable for publication in the International Astronomical Union Proceedings Series