Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010mnras.404..120a&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 404, Issue 1, pp. 120-133.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Magnetic Fields, Masers, Polarization, Stars: Formation, Ism: Individual: S140-Irs1
Scientific paper
Multi-Element Radio-Linked Interferometer Network polarization measurements of the OH 1.7- and 6.0-GHz, and the H2O 22-GHz masers in the massive star-forming region S140-IRS1 are presented. The observations were taken with astrometric accuracy of 15-30 mas. OH maser emission has been detected only in the ground-state 1665-MHz line. The OH masers are located approximately 2.5 arcsec north-west of IRS1. They lie in two distinct regions separated by approximately 1 arcsec along a north-east/south-west axis. Analysis of the OH maser polarization yields a magnetic field of |B| = 5.2-6.9mG, directed towards us. The polarization position angles attest to a magnetic field which is preferentially orientated along the direction of the CO outflow associated with IRS1. The brightest H2O masers coincide in position with IRS1 and show a gradient of increasing Doppler velocity from north-west to south-east. These water masers also have proper motions of ~18kms-1 in a similar direction. The closest OH and H2O masers are separated by more than 2 arcsec. H2O masers have also been detected at several locations up to ~0.5arcmin distance, where masers have not previously been reported. The relationships between our maser observations, the central engine/object of IRS1 and the multiple outflows detected by observations at other wavelengths are also discussed.
Asanok K.
Etoka Sandra
Gray Malcolm D.
Kramer Hutawarakorn B.
Richards Anita M. S.
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