Mid-Infrared Source Multiplicity within Hot Molecular Cores traced by Methanol Masers

Details Mid-Infrared Source Multiplicity within Hot Molecular Cores traced by Methanol Masers Mid-Infrared Source Multiplicity within Hot Molecular Cores traced by Methanol Masers

2006-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604257v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.369:1196-1200,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10362.x

We present high resolution, mid-infrared images toward three hot molecular cores signposted by methanol maser emission; G173.49+2.42 (S231, S233IR), G188.95+0.89 (S252, AFGL-5180) and G192.60-0.05 (S255IR). Each of the cores was targeted with Michelle on Gemini North using 5 filters from 7.9 to 18.5 microns. We find each contains both large regions of extended emission and multiple, luminous point sources which, from their extremely red colours (F[18.5]/F[7.9] >= 3), appear to be embedded young stellar objects. The closest angular separations of the point sources in the three regions are 0.79, 1.00 and 3.33 arcseconds corresponding to linear separations of 1,700, 1,800 and 6,000AU respectively. The methanol maser emission is found closest to the brightest MIR point source (within the assumed 1 arcsecond pointing accuracy). Mass and luminosity estimates for the sources range from 3-22 Msol and 50-40,000 Lsol. Assuming the MIR sources are embedded objects and the observed gas mass provides the bulk of the reservoir from which the stars formed, it is difficult to generate the observed distributions for the most massive cluster members from the gas in the cores using a standard form of the IMF.

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