Masses of Protostars with Methanol Protoplanetary Disks

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Mar 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004arep...48..210v&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Reports, vol. 48, Issue 3, p.210-218

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The masses of 12 protostars assumed to be the central bodies in circumstellar protoplanetary disks are estimated based on analysis of their methanol maser spectra and fine spatial structure. The calculations are based on the hypothesis that the class II methanol maser lines are formed in an edge-on Keplerian disk, while the thermal methanol emission and CS lines are formed in a cocoon around the protostar. This provides information about the velocities of the protostar and the methanol maser condensations relative to the center. In most of the star-forming regions studied, the derived masses are within limits admissible for disks around massive OB stars. The masses are in good agreement with the calculations of other authors based on models of the velocity gradients of the maser features. It is suggested that the methanol spectra display a triplet structure in which the two lateral features are class II methanol lines and the central component is a class I methanol maser line or thermal methanol line. This is consistent with the fact that the correlation of regions of maser emission with regions of emission of dense molecular gas in the CS line is about twice as strong(about 100%) as the correlation with ultracompact HII regions (about 50%). This should be taken into account when modeling protoplanetary disks and star-forming regions.

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