High-Angular Resolution Millimeter-Wave and Near-Infrared Imaging of the Ultracompact H II Region G29.96-0.02

Details High-Angular Resolution Millimeter-Wave and Near-Infrared Imaging of the Ultracompact H II Region G29.96-0.02 High-Angular Resolution Millimeter-Wave and Near-Infrared Imaging of the Ultracompact H II Region G29.96-0.02

Jun 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999apj...517..799p&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 517, Issue 2, pp. 799-818.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

38

Ism: H Ii Regions, Ism: Individual (G29.96-0.02), Ism: Molecules, Ism: Structure, Stars: Formation

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We present a high-angular resolution study of the cometary-shaped ultracompact H II region G29.96-0.02. We have obtained ~10" angular-resolution millimeter-wave maps of the region in transitions of ^13CO, C^18O, CH_3CN, CH_3OH, and CS with the BIMA interferometer. We combine these data with complementary single-dish data of the ^13CO, C^18O, and CS lines taken with the FCRAO 14 meter telescope. These data are compared with near-infrared JHK-band images with <=0.9" angular resolution obtained with the Calar-Alto 3.5 m telescope. The ^13CO data show emission extended over a 3x2 pc region; however, the emission is strongly peaked near the head of the H II region. Strong CS, C^18O, and CH_3CN emissions peak near the same location. The CH_3CN (J=6-->5) emission peaks toward the hot core previously detected in VLA NH_3(4, 4) observations, and we determine a kinetic temperature of 100 K in the core using a large velocity gradient analysis of the CH_3CN (6-->5) BIMA data and CH_3CN/CH^13_3CN (5-->4) IRAM 30 m telescope data. We also find that the sharply peaked C^18O, ^13CO, and CS emission is indicative of a density gradient, with the peak density located in front of the head of the cometary H II region. We use our near-infrared data to search for sources embedded in the H II region and the adjacent cloud. In addition to the exciting star of the H II region, we identify a second star toward the head of the H II region with an extinction similar to that of the exciting star; this appears to be a second OB star in the H II region. Directly in front of the H II region we detect a highly reddened source, which is most likely a young star deeply embedded in the molecular gas. Furthermore, we find an enhanced density of sources with H-K >1 toward the molecular cloud and argue that these sources form an embedded cluster. Finally, we compare our results with current models of cometary shaped H II regions. Given the evidence that the G29.96 H II region exists in a gradient of molecular gas density that peaks in front of the head of the H II region, we favor the champagne flow model for this region. Comparing the measured densities, temperatures, and line widths of the ionized and molecular gas, we estimate the expansion speed of the H II region into the molecular core at 2-5 km s^-1.

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