VLBI study of maser kinematics in high-mass SFRs. I. G16.59-0.05

Details VLBI study of maser kinematics in high-mass SFRs. I. G16.59-0.05 VLBI study of maser kinematics in high-mass SFRs. I. G16.59-0.05

2010-04-14

arxiv.org/abs/1004.2479v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

20 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The present paper focuses on the high-mass star-forming region G16.59-0.05. Methods: Using the VLBA and the EVN arrays, we conducted phase-referenced observations of the three most powerful maser species in G16.59-0.05: H2O at 22.2 GHz (4 epochs), CH3OH at 6.7 GHz (3 epochs), and OH at 1.665 GHz (1 epoch). In addition, we performed high-resolution (> 0".1), high-sensitivity (< 0.1 mJy) VLA observations of the radio continuum emission from the star-forming region at 1.3 and 3.6 cm. Results: This is the first work to report accurate measurements of the "relative" proper motions of the 6.7 GHz CH3OH masers. The different spatial and 3-D velocity distribution clearly indicate that the 22 GHz water and 6.7 GHz methanol masers are tracing different kinematic environments. The bipolar distribution of 6.7 GHz maser l.o.s. velocities and the regular pattern of observed proper motions suggest that these masers are tracing rotation around a central mass of about 35 solar masses. The flattened spatial distribution of the 6.7 GHz masers, oriented NW-SE, suggests that they can originate in a disk/toroid rotating around the massive YSO which drives the 12CO(2-1) outflow, oriented NE-SW, observed on arcsec scale. The extended, radio continuum source observed close to the 6.7 GHz masers could be excited by a wide-angle wind emitted from the YSO associated with the methanol masers, and such a wind is proven to be sufficiently energetic to drive the NE-SW 12CO(2-1) outflow. The H2O masers distribute across a region offset about 0".5 to the NW of the CH3OH masers, in the same area where emission of high-density molecular tracers, typical of HMCs, was detected. We postulate that a distinct YSO, possibly in an earlier evolutionary phase than that exciting the methanol masers, is responsible for the excitation of the water masers and the HMC molecular lines. (Abridged)

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