The wind of NGC 2024-IRS 2 - High resolution spectroscopy of Brackett lines

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B Stars, Early Stars, Line Spectra, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Stellar Winds, Emission Spectra, High Resolution, Infrared Spectra, Spectral Line Width, Star Formation

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High resolution spectroscopy (λ/Δλ ≈ 104) of the hydrogen Brα and Brγ lines of a recently formed luminous star NGC 2024-IRS 2 is presented. The lines are Doppler-broadened with FWHM about 63±5 km s-1 for Brα and 122±34 km s-1 for Brγ. The line-of-sight velocity vLSR of the center of the emission is about 45.9±1.1 km s-1 and 21.8±1.8 km s-1 respectively. A brief analysis of line profiles shows that the observed difference of vLSR of Brα and Brγ and their relative broadening are consistent with an accelerated stellar wind (vexp ≈ 100 km s-1 at R ≈ 5×1013cm) combined with a rapid rotation of gas (vrot ≈ 100 km s-1).

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