{Millimeter Multiplicity in NGC 6334 I and I(N)

Details {Millimeter Multiplicity in NGC 6334 I and I(N) {Millimeter Multiplicity in NGC 6334 I and I(N)

2006-05-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605468v1

Astrophys.J.649:888-893,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in The Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/505965

Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA), we have imaged the 1.3 millimeter continuum emission at the center of the massive star-forming regions NGC 6334 I and I(N). In both regions, the SMA observations resolve the emission into multiple millimeter sources, with most of the sources clustered into areas only 10,000 AU in diameter. Toward NGC 6334 I, we find four compact sources: the two brightest (I-SMA1 and I-SMA2) are associated with previously-known ammonia cores; I-SMA3 is coincident with the peak of the compact HII region (NGC 6334 F); and I-SMA4 is a newly-discovered object. While I-SMA3 exhibits a mixture of free-free and dust emission, the rest of the objects are dust cores. Toward NGC 6334 I(N), seven compact dust cores are found, one of which is associated with a faint centimeter source. With the exception of I-SMA3, none of the millimeter sources have infrared counterparts in Spitzer Space Telescope 3-8 micron images. Using a simple physical model for the dust continuum emission, the estimated mass of interstellar material toward each of these compact objects is in the range of 3 to 66 solar masses. The total mass in the compact objects appears to be similar in I and I(N). The small size of these groups of sources suggest that these objects are proto-Trapezia forming in the centers of clusters of low to intermediate-mass stars.

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