Radio continuum emission and water masers towards CB 54

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2009-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/0904.0736v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

17 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in AJ

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We present high angular resolution observations of water masers at 1.3 cm and radio continuum emission at 1.3, 3.6 and 6 cm towards the Bok globule CB 54 using the Very Large Array. At 1.3 cm, with subarsecond angular resolution, we detect a radio continuum compact source located to the south-west of the globule and spatially coincident with a mid-infrared embedded object (MIR-b). The spectral index derived between 6 and 1.3 cm (alpha=0.3+/-0.4) is flat, consistent with optically thin free-free emission from ionized gas. We propose the shock-ionization scenario as a viable mechanism to produce the radio continuum emission observed at cm frequencies. Water masers are detected at two different positions separated by 2.3'', and coincide spatially with two mid-infrared sources: MIR-b and MIR-c. The association of these mid-IR sources with water masers confirms that they are likely protostars undergoing mass-loss, and they are the best candidate as driving sources of the molecular outflows in the region.

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