Compact continuum radio sources in the Orion Nebula

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Continuous Radiation, Molecular Clouds, Orion Nebula, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Stellar Radiation, Astronomical Catalogs, H Ii Regions, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Star Formation, Stellar Winds, T Tauri Stars

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The Orion Nebula was observed with the VLA in order to search for radio emission from compact H II regions indicative of embedded OB stars or from winds associated with pre-main sequence, low-mass stars. Fourteen of the 21 detected radio sources are within 30 arcsec of Omega 1 Orionis C; 13 of these objects are probably neutral condensations surrounded by ionized envelopes that are excited by the star. If the temperature of the ionized envelopes is 10,000 K and their electron densities decrease as the square of the distance from the core center, then a typical neutral condensation has a radius of 10 to the 15th cm and a peak electron density of 400,000/cu cm. Seven sources are in or near the Orion molecular cloud. Four of the sources have optical counterparts. Two are highly variable radio sources associated with X-ray sources, and two have radio spectra indicative of thermal emission. Two of the three optically invisible sources have radio emission likely to arise in a dense ionized envelope surrounding and excited by an early B-type star.

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