Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2000
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Astronomy Reports, Volume 44, Issue 9, September 2000, pp.592-610
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We present the results of studies of the superfine structure of H2O maser sources in the Orion Nebula. Powerful, low-velocity, compact maser sources are distributed in eight active zones. Highly organized structures in the form of chains of compact components were revealed in two of these, in the molecular cloud OMC-1. The component sizes are ˜0.1 AU and their brightness temperatures are T b =1012-1016 K. The structures correspond to tangential sections of concentric rings viewed edge-on. The ring emission is concentrated in the azimuthal plane, decreasing the probability of their discovery. The formation of protostars is accompanied by the development of accretion disks and bipolar flows, with associated H2O maser emission. The accretion disks are in the stage of fragmentation into protoplanetary rings. In a Keplerian approximation, the protostars have low masses, possibly evidence for instability of the systems. Supermaser emission of the rings is probably triggered by precession of the accretion disk. The molecular cloud’s radial velocity is V LSR=7.74 km/s and its optical depth is τ≈5. The emission from components with velocities within the maser window is additionally amplified. The components’ emission is linearly polarized via anisotropic pumping.
Diamond Phil J.
Graham David A.
Matveenko Leonid I.
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