The Local Environment of the FUor-like Objects AR 6A and 6B

Details The Local Environment of the FUor-like Objects AR 6A and 6B The Local Environment of the FUor-like Objects AR 6A and 6B

2008-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/0807.5133v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal (October 2008)

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-6256/136/4/1658

We present new 12CO J=3-2 and HCN J=3-2 molecular line maps of the region surrounding the young star AR 6 using the 15 metre James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. AR 6 was previously found to be a double source with both components exhibiting several characteristics of FU Orionis (FUor) eruptive variable stars. Our data indicates that AR 6, like FU Orionis itself, does not possess a CO outflow and likewise, does not show evidence for large amounts of molecular g as in its circumstellar environment. We conclude that from the near-IR to the sub-mm, AR 6 is similar to FU Orionis in several respects. We interpret the lack of significant dust and molecular gas in the circumstellar environment of AR 6, together with the large near-IR thermal excess, as evidence that the sources have exhausted their natal envelopes, that they have at least small hot circumstellar disks, and that they are more evolved than Class I protostars. This, in itself, suggests that, since FUor eruptions have also been observed in stars with large dust mass envelopes (e.g. V346 Nor) and with CO outflows (e.g. L1551 IRS5), FUor events probably occur at many different stages in the early, formative phase of a star's life, and lends support to the idea that FUor outbursts are repetitive like their shorter-lived relatives occurring in EXor eruptive variables. Finally, we show that, being part of the 'Spokes' young stellar cluster, AR 6 is unlike many FUors which typically are located in more sparsely populated regions.

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