Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/513508
Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA) we have imaged for the first time the 321.226 GHz, 10_{29}-9_{36} ortho-H2O maser emission. This is also the first detection of this line in the Cepheus A high-mass star-forming region. The 22.235 GHz, 6_{16}-5_{23} water masers were also observed with the Very Large Array 43 days following the SMA observations. Three of the nine detected submillimeter maser spots are associated with the centimeter masers spatially as well as kinematically, while there are 36 22 GHz maser spots without corresponding submillimeter masers. In the HW2 source, both the 321 GHz and 22 GHz masers occur within the region of ~1'' which includes the disk-jet system, but the position angles of the roughly linear structures traced by the masers indicate that the 321 GHz masers are along the jet while the 22 GHz masers are perpendicular to it. We interpret the submillimeter masers in Cepheus A to be tracing significantly hotter regions (600~2000 K) than the centimeter masers.
Curil S.
Ho Paul T. P.
Patel Nimesh A.
Sridharan Tirupati K.
Torrelles Jose Maria
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