Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-02-20
Astrophys.J. 616 (2004) L23-L26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages of text, 1 table, 3 figures, accepted for ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/383570
SMA observations of the massive star-forming region IRAS 18089-1732 in the 1mm and 850mu band reveal outflow and disk signatures in different molecular lines. The SiO(5--4) data show a collimated outflow in the northern direction. In contrast, the HCOOCH3(20--19) line, which traces high-density gas, is confined to the very center of the region and shows a velocity gradient across the core. The HCOOCH3 velocity gradient is not exactly perpendicular to the outflow axis but between an assumed disk plane and the outflow axis. We interpret these HCOOCH3 features as originating from a rotating disk that is influenced by the outflow and infall. Based on the (sub-)mm continuum emission, the mass of the central core is estimated to be around 38M_sun. The dynamical mass derived from the HCOOCH3 data is 22Msun, of about the same order as the core mass. Thus, the mass of the protostar/disk/envelope system is dominated by its disk and envelope. The two frequency continuum data of the core indicate a low dust opacity index beta ~ 1.2 in the outer part, decreasing to beta ~ 0.5 on shorter spatial scales.
Beuther Henrick
Ho Paul T. P.
Hunter Todd Russell
Lim JaeDeok
Liu Shen-Ye
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