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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/974 | ||||
| Año | 2009 | ||||
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We present Very Large Array 1.3 cm radio continuum and water maser observations as well as Submillimeter Array SO2 ( 226.300 GHz) and 1.3 mm dust continuum observations toward the massive star formation region IRAS 16547-4247. We find evidence of multiple sources in the central part of the region. There is evidence of a rotating structure associated with the most massive of these sources, traced at small scales (similar to 50 AU) by the water masers. At large scales (similar to 1000 AU), we find a velocity gradient in the SO2 molecular emission with a barely resolved structure that can be modeled as a rotating ring or two separate objects. The velocity gradients of the masers and of the molecular emission have the same sense and may trace the same structure at different size scales. The position angles of the structures associated with the velocity gradients are roughly perpendicular to the outflow axis observed in radio continuum and several molecular tracers. We estimate the mass of the most massive central source to be around 30 solar masses from the velocity gradient in the water maser emission. The main source of error in this estimate is the radius of the rotating structure. We also find water masers that are associated with the large-scale molecular outflow of the system, as well as water masers that are associated with other sources in the region. Our results suggest that the formation of this source, one of the most luminous protostars or protostellar clusters known, is taking place with the presence of ionized jets and disk-like structures.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Franco-Hernandez, Ramiro | - |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico - México Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica - México |
| 2 | Moran, James M. | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Rodriguez, L. F. | Hombre |
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico - México
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - México Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica - México |
| 4 | GARAY BRIGNARDELLO, GUIDO ALEJANDRO | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
Centro de Excelencia en Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines - Chile |
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| We thank an anonymous referee for comments that improved two sections of the paper and for the suggestion of discussing the possibility of significant accretion luminosity. R. F. H. is grateful for support from an SAO predoctoral fellowship. L. F. R. acknowledges the support of CONACyT, Mexico and DGAPA, UNAM. G. G. acknowledges support from CONICYT projects FONDAP no. 15010003 and BASAL PFB-06. |