Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-06-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in "Massive Star Birth - A Crossroads of Astrophysics" (CUP), eds. R. Cesaroni, E. Churchwell, M
Scientific paper
10.1017/S1743921305004357
High-quality K-band spectra of point sources, deeply embedded in massive star-forming regions, have revealed a population of 20 young massive stars showing no photospheric absorption lines, but only emission lines. The K-band spectra exhibit one or more features commonly associated with massive Young Stellar Objects surrounded by circumstellar material: a very red color (J-K) = 2, CO bandhead emission, hydrogen emission lines (sometimes doubly peaked), and FeII and/or MgII emission lines. The CO emission comes from a relatively dense (~10^10 cm^(-3)) and hot (T ~ 2000-5000 K) region, sufficiently shielded from the intense UV radiation field of the young massive star. Modeling of the CO-first overtone emission shows that the CO gas is located within 5 AU of the star. The hydrogen emission is produced in an ionized medium exposed to UV radiation. The best geometrical configuration is a dense and neutral circumstellar disk causing the CO bandhead emission, and an ionized upper layer where the hydrogen lines are produced. We argue that the circumstellar disk is likely a remnant of the accretion via a circumstellar disk.
Bik Arjan
Kaper Lex
Thi Wing-Fai
Waters Rens
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