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2003ApJ...590L..45S - Astrophys. J., 590, L45-L48 (2003/June-2)

NGC 7538S–a high-mass protostar with a massive rotating disk.

SANDELL G., WRIGHT M. and FORSTER J.R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the detection of a massive rotating disk around the high-mass Class 0 candidate NGC 7538S. The disk is well resolved with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array (θA=3".7) in the 3.4 mm continuum and in H13CN J=1⟶0. It is seen nearly edge-on and has a size of ∼30,000 AU. A young, powerful outflow perpendicular to the rotating disk is mapped in SiO J=2⟶1 and HCO+ J=1⟶0. The dynamical age of the outflow is ≤10,000 yr. The velocity gradient seen in H13CN is consistent with Keplerian rotation. Assuming that the gas is gravitationally bound, the mass of the central object is ∼40 M. The mass of the continuum ``disk'' is ≥100 M and has a luminosity of ∼104 L. H13CN gives a mass of ∼400 Mfor the rotating disk and of ∼1000 Mfor the extended (20") envelope. Our observations confirm that this is an extremely massive protostar in its earliest stages.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Circumstellar Matter - ISM: Clouds - Stars: Formation - Stars: Pre-Main-Sequence - Submillimeter

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