Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 pages 13 figures. A version with high-resolution images can be found at http://w
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20064887
Submillimeter Array 1.3mm line and continuum observations toward the young massive star-forming region IRAS18182-1433 are presented. The data are complemented with short-spacing CO(2-1) observations and SiO(1-0) data from the VLA. Multiple massive outflows emanate from the mm continuum peak. The CO(2-1) data reveal a quadrupolar outflow system consisting of two outflows inclined by \~90 degrees. One outflow exhibits a cone-like red-shifted morphology with a jet-like blue-shifted counterpart where a blue counter-cone can only be tentatively identified. The SiO(1-0) data suggest the presence of a third outflow. Analyzing the 12CO/13CO line ratios indicates decreasing CO line opacities with increasing velocities. The other seven detected molecular species - also high-density tracers like CH3CN, CH3OH, HCOOCH3 - are all ~1-2'' offset from the mm continuum peak, but spatially associated with a strong molecular outflow peak and a cm emission feature indicative of a thermal jet. This spatial displacement between the molecular lines and the mm continuum emission could be either due to an unresolved sub-source at the position of the cm feature, or the outflow/jet itself alters the chemistry of the core enhancing the molecular abundances toward that region. A temperature estimate based on the CH3CN(12_k-11_k) lines suggests temperatures of the order 150K. A velocity analysis of the high-density tracing molecules reveals that at the given spatial resolution none of them shows any coherent velocity structure which would be consistent with a rotating disk. We discuss this lack of rotation signatures and attribute it to intrinsic difficulties to observationally isolate massive accretion disks from the surrounding dense gas envelopes and the molecular outflows.
Beuther Henrick
Lee Chiu Fan
Sridharan Tirupati K.
Zapata Luis A.
Zhang Qian
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