VLT K-band spectroscopy of massive stars deeply embedded in IRAS sources with UCHII colours

Details VLT K-band spectroscopy of massive stars deeply embedded in IRAS sources with UCHII colours VLT K-band spectroscopy of massive stars deeply embedded in IRAS sources with UCHII colours

2005-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505293v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication by A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20042597

We have obtained high resolution (R = 10,000) K-band spectra of candidate young massive stars deeply embedded in (ultra-) compact HII regions (UCHIIs). In these clusters, three types of objects are identified. The first type (38 objects) consists of ``naked'' OB stars whose K-band spectra are dominated by photospheric emission. We classify the K-band spectra of the OB-type cluster members using near-infrared classification criteria. The spectral classification provides an important constraint on the distance to the embedded cluster. The ionising power of the population thus derived is compared to the information obtained from the infrared and radio flux of these sources. In most cases these two different determinations of the ionising flux are consistent, from which we conclude that we have identified the ionising star(s) in about 50% of the embedded clusters. The second type (7 objects) are point sources associated with UCHII radio emission, that exhibit nebular emission lines in the near-infrared. Six of the objects in this group produce HeI emission indicative of an embedded O-type star. These objects are more embedded than the OB stars and probably do not dominate the infrared flux as measured by IRAS. The third type (20 objects) is characterised by broad (100--200 km/s) Brgamma emission and no photospheric absorption profiles. Bik et al (2005) show that these objects are massive YSO candidates surrounded by dense circumstellar disks.

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