A silhouette envelope around GGD30IR detected by Spitzer

Details A silhouette envelope around GGD30IR detected by Spitzer A silhouette envelope around GGD30IR detected by Spitzer

Jan 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010mnras.401..245s&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 401, Issue 1, pp. 245-251.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Formation, Stars: Pre-Main-Sequence, Dust, Extinction, Infrared: Stars

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This paper presents a study of the envelope of the young stellar object (YSO) GGD30IR. What distinguishes this from most other YSOs is the elongated absorption feature seen in silhouette against the background emission in the Spitzer Galactic Legacy Infrared Midplane Survey Extraordinaire 8 μm Infrared Array Camera image of the region. The size and the symmetrical placement of GGD30IR in the centre of this feature suggest that it is an extended envelope, perhaps the remnant of the collapse of the GGD30 core. We have used the extinction in the envelope measured from (i) the reduction in the 8 μm background intensity and (ii) field star colour excesses, to estimate the envelope mass, obtaining values of 0.6 +/- 0.2 and 0.5 +/- 0.3Msolar, respectively. To investigate the envelope further, we have obtained Australia Telescope Compact Array 3 mm continuum and HCO+ line observations of the region. The continuum emission at 3 mm arises from both a compact (unresolved; <=730 au) core embedded in an extended envelope ~18000 au × 38000 au in extent. We estimate the core mass to be 0.11 +/- 0.02 Msolar. The HCO+ emission is extended in a direction perpendicular to the long axis of the envelope, suggesting it comes from an outflow. The spectral energy distribution (SED) provides a 2-24 μm spectral index, α = 1.0, which places GGD30IR in the Class I YSO category. Integrating the SED provides a luminosity of L* ~= 25 +/- 5Lsolar.

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