SMA observations towards the compact, short-lived bipolar water maser outflow in the LkHα234 region

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Title: SMA observations towards the compact, short-lived bipolar water maser outflow in the LkHα234 region
Authors: Girart, J. M., Torrelles, J. M., Estalella, R., Curiel, S., Anglada Pons, Guillem Josep, Gómez, José F., Carrasco-González, C., Cantó, J., Rodríguez, L. F., Patel, N. A., Trinidad, M. A.
Contributors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas https://ror.org/02gfc7t72
Publisher Information: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Collection: Digital.CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas / Spanish National Research Council)
Subject Terms: Masers, Stars: formation, ISM: individual objects: LkHα234-VLA 2, ISM: jets and outflows, ISM: molecules
Description: We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) 1.35 mm subarcsecond angular resolution observations towards the LkHα234 intermediate-mass star-forming region. The dust emission arises from a filamentary structure of ∼5 arcsec (∼4500 au) enclosing VLA 1-3 and MM 1, perpendicular to the different outflows detected in the region. The most evolved objects are located at the southeastern edge of the dust filamentary structure and the youngest ones at the northeastern edge. The circumstellar structures around VLA 1, VLA 3, and MM 1 have radii between∼200 and∼375 au and masses in the∼0.08-0.3M⊙ range. The 1.35mmemission of VLA 2 arises from an unresolved (r ≲ 135 au) circumstellar disc with a mass of ∼0.02 M⊙. This source is powering a compact (∼4000 au), low radial velocity (∼7 km s) SiO bipolar outflow, close to the plane of the sky. We conclude that this outflow is the 'large-scale' counterpart of the short-lived, episodic, bipolar outflow observed through HO masers at much smaller scales (∼180 au), and that has been created by the accumulation of the ejection of several episodic collimated events of material. The circumstellar gas around VLA 2 and VLA 3 is hot (∼130 K) and exhibits velocity gradients that could trace rotation. There is a bridge of warm and dense molecular gas connecting VLA 2 and VLA 3. We discuss the possibility that this bridge could trace a stream of gas between VLA 3 and VLA 2, increasing the accretion rate on to VLA 2 to explain why this source has an important outflow activity. © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. ; GA, RE, JMG, JFG, and JMT acknowledge support from MINECO (Spain) AYA2014-57369-C3 grant (co-funded with FEDER funds). JMG also acknowledges support from the MECD PRX15/00435 grant (Spain) and from the SI CGPS award, ‘Magnetic Fields and Massive Star Formation’. RE also acknowledges MDM-2014-0369 of ICCUB (Unidad de Excelencia ‘María de Maeztu’). SC acknowledges the support of DGAPA, UNAM, and CONACyT (Mexico). ; With funding ...
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1660
DOI: 10.13039/501100000780
DOI: 10.13039/501100003329
DOI: 10.13039/501100005739
Availability: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/383286
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1660
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100005739
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Accession Number: edsbas.5517D10C
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Abstract:We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) 1.35 mm subarcsecond angular resolution observations towards the LkHα234 intermediate-mass star-forming region. The dust emission arises from a filamentary structure of ∼5 arcsec (∼4500 au) enclosing VLA 1-3 and MM 1, perpendicular to the different outflows detected in the region. The most evolved objects are located at the southeastern edge of the dust filamentary structure and the youngest ones at the northeastern edge. The circumstellar structures around VLA 1, VLA 3, and MM 1 have radii between∼200 and∼375 au and masses in the∼0.08-0.3M⊙ range. The 1.35mmemission of VLA 2 arises from an unresolved (r ≲ 135 au) circumstellar disc with a mass of ∼0.02 M⊙. This source is powering a compact (∼4000 au), low radial velocity (∼7 km s) SiO bipolar outflow, close to the plane of the sky. We conclude that this outflow is the 'large-scale' counterpart of the short-lived, episodic, bipolar outflow observed through HO masers at much smaller scales (∼180 au), and that has been created by the accumulation of the ejection of several episodic collimated events of material. The circumstellar gas around VLA 2 and VLA 3 is hot (∼130 K) and exhibits velocity gradients that could trace rotation. There is a bridge of warm and dense molecular gas connecting VLA 2 and VLA 3. We discuss the possibility that this bridge could trace a stream of gas between VLA 3 and VLA 2, increasing the accretion rate on to VLA 2 to explain why this source has an important outflow activity. © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. ; GA, RE, JMG, JFG, and JMT acknowledge support from MINECO (Spain) AYA2014-57369-C3 grant (co-funded with FEDER funds). JMG also acknowledges support from the MECD PRX15/00435 grant (Spain) and from the SI CGPS award, ‘Magnetic Fields and Massive Star Formation’. RE also acknowledges MDM-2014-0369 of ICCUB (Unidad de Excelencia ‘María de Maeztu’). SC acknowledges the support of DGAPA, UNAM, and CONACyT (Mexico). ; With funding ...
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stw1660