A Feature Movie of SiO Emission 20-100 AU from the Massive Young Stellar Object Orion Source I

Details A Feature Movie of SiO Emission 20-100 AU from the Massive Young Stellar Object Orion Source I A Feature Movie of SiO Emission 20-100 AU from the Massive Young Stellar Object Orion Source I

2009-11-12

arxiv.org/abs/0911.2473v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Accepted to ApJ (January 2010); a full resolution version along with two accompanying GIF movies may be found at http://www.

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We present multi-epoch VLBA imaging of the 28SiO v=1 & v=2, J=1-0 maser emission toward the massive YSO Orion Source I. Both SiO transitions were observed simultaneously with an angular resolution of ~0.5 mas (~0.2 AU for d=414 pc). Here we explore the global properties and kinematics of the emission through two 19-epoch animated movies spanning 21 months (2001 March 19 to 2002 December 10). These movies provide the most detailed view to date of the dynamics and temporal evolution of molecular material within ~20-100 AU of a massive (~>8M_sun) YSO. The bulk of the SiO masers surrounding Source I lie in an X-shaped locus; emission in the South/East arms is predominantly blueshifted and in the North and West is predominantly redshifted. In addition, bridges of intermediate-velocity emission connect the red and blue sides of the emission distribution. We have measured proper motions of >1000 maser features and find a combination of radially outward migrations along the four arms and motions tangent to the bridges. We interpret the SiO masers as arising from a wide-angle bipolar wind emanating from a rotating, edge-on disk. The detection of maser features along extended, curved filaments suggests that magnetic fields may play a role in launching and/or shaping the wind. Our observations appear to support a picture in which stars with M ~>8 M_sun form via disk-mediated accretion. However, we cannot rule out that the Source I disk may have been formed or altered following a close encounter. (Abridged).

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