The Disk-Outflow System in the S255ir Area of High-Mass Star Formation

Зинченко, И. И.; Liu, Sheng-Yuan; Su, Yu‐Nung; Салий, С. В.; Соболев, А. М.; Zemlyanukha, P. M.; Beuther, H.; Ojha, D. K.; Samal, M. R.; Wang, Y.

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“…Our study has shown that such an increase is likely driven by an accretion burst of ∼5 × 10 −3 M ⊙ yr −1 that occurred around mid-June 2015. This result is consistent with the proposed existence of a disk-jet system in S255 NIRS 3 (Wang et al 2011;Boley et al 2013;Zinchenko et al 2015), which may be mediating the accretion process.…”

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Context. Recent observations of the massive young stellar object S255 NIRS 3 have revealed a large increase in both methanol maser flux density and IR emission, which have been interpreted as the result of an accretion outburst, possibly due to instabilities in a circumstellar disk. This indicates that this type of accretion event could be common in young/forming early-type stars and in their lower mass siblings, and supports the idea that accretion onto the star may occur in a non-continuous way. Aims. As accretion and ejection are believed to be tightly associated phenomena, we wanted to confirm the accretion interpretation of the outburst in S255 NIRS 3 by detecting the corresponding burst of the associated thermal jet. Methods. We monitored the radio continuum emission from S255 NIRS 3 at four bands using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. The millimetre continuum emission was also observed with both the Northern Extended Millimeter Array of IRAM and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Results. We have detected an exponential increase in the radio flux density from 6 to 45 GHz starting right after July 10, 2016, namely ∼13 months after the estimated onset of the IR outburst. This is the first ever detection of a radio burst associated with an IR accretion outburst from a young stellar object. The flux density at all observed centimetre bands can be reproduced with a simple expanding jet model. At millimetre wavelengths we infer a marginal flux increase with respect to the literature values and we show this is due to free-free emission from the radio jet. Conclusions. Our model fits indicate a significant increase in the jet opening angle and ionized mass loss rate with time. For the first time, we can estimate the ionization fraction in the jet and conclude that this must be low (<14%), lending strong support to the idea that the neutral component is dominant in thermal jets. Our findings strongly suggest that recurrent accretion+ejection episodes may be the main route to the formation of massive stars.

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“…Similarly, flux densities for the N60 and N160 AKARI bands were derived from the corresponding images after retrieval from the ISAS/JAXA archive (the wide AKARI channels centred at 90 and 140 µm are saturated). These data were complemented with an archival ISO/SWS spectrum (courtesy D. Whittet), H and Ks VLT/ISAAC photometry (private communication by S. Correia, ESO proposal ID 074.C-0772(B)) as well as flux densities from the literature 13,14,[37][38][39] and surveys (AKARI, BGPS, MSX, UKIDSS). The outburst SED was obtained using data from PANIC, GROND, SINFONI, FORCAST and FIFI-LS taken in February 2016.…”

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“…Moreover, the released energy and the inferred mass-accretion rate are also orders of magnitude larger. Our results identify disk-accretion as the common mechanism of star formation across the entire stellar mass spectrum.S255IR NIRS 3 (aka S255IR-SMA1) is a well-studied ∼20 M (L bol ∼ 2.4×10 4 L ) high-mass young stellar object (HMYSO) 13,14 in the S255IR massive star-forming region 13 , located at a distance of ∼1.8 kpc 15 . It exhibits a disk-like rotating structure 13 , very likely an accretion disk, viewed nearly edge-on 16 (inclination angle ∼80 • ).…”

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“…This would also explain the LETTERS observation of several knots in jets from HMYSOs 28 , assuming major outflows events can be linked to major accretion events. Indeed, the morphology of different gas tracers along the outflow axis of NIRS 3, which shows a discrete number of knots, suggests that the source experienced multiple bursts within the past few thousand years [13][14][15] . Our burst detection proves the erratic behaviour of the accretion process in HMYSOs.…”

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Disk-mediated accretion burst in a high-mass young stellar object

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Solar-mass stars form via disk-mediated accretion. Recent findings indicate that this process is probably episodic in the form of accretion bursts 1 , possibly caused by disk fragmentation 2-4 . Although it cannot be ruled out that high-mass young stellar objects arise from the coalescence of their low-mass brethren 5 , the latest results suggest that they more likely form via disks 6-9 . It follows that disk-mediated accretion bursts should occur 10,11 . Here we report on the discovery of the first disk-mediated accretion burst from a roughly twenty-solar-mass high-mass young stellar object 12 . Our near-infrared images show the brightening of the central source and its outflow cavities. Near-infrared spectroscopy reveals emission lines typical for accretion bursts in low-mass protostars, but orders of magnitude more luminous. Moreover, the released energy and the inferred mass-accretion rate are also orders of magnitude larger. Our results identify disk-accretion as the common mechanism of star formation across the entire stellar mass spectrum.S255IR NIRS 3 (aka S255IR-SMA1) is a well-studied ∼20 M (L bol ∼ 2.4×10 4 L ) high-mass young stellar object (HMYSO) 13,14 in the S255IR massive star-forming region 13 , located at a distance of ∼1.8 kpc 15 . It exhibits a disk-like rotating structure 13 , very likely an accretion disk, viewed nearly edge-on 16 (inclination angle ∼80 • ).A molecular outflow has been detected 13 (blueshifted lobe position angle (P.A.) ∼247 • ) perpendicular to the disk. Two bipolar lobes (cavities), cleared by the outflow, are illuminated by the central source and show up as reflection nebulae towards the southwest (blueshifted lobe) and northeast (redshifted lobe, see Fig.

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“…Salii (2006); Salii, Sobolev (2006); Leurini et al (2007); Zinchenko et al (2015). All five clumps in the WB 673 filament are detected using a quartet of quasi-thermal (i.e., not maser) methanol lines.…”

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Molecular gas in high-mass filament WB673

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Abstract:We studied the distribution of dense gas in a filamentary molecular cloud containing several dense clumps. The center of the filament is given by the dense clump WB 673. The clumps are high-mass and intermediate-mass starforming regions. We observed CS (2-1), 13 CO (1-0), C 18 O (1-0), and methanol lines at 96 GHz toward WB 673 with the Onsala Space Observatory 20-m telescope. We found CS (2-1) emission in the inter-clump medium so the clumps are physically connected and the whole cloud is indeed a filament. Its total mass is 10 4 M ⊙ and mass-to-length ratio is 360 M ⊙ pc −1 from 13 CO (1-0) data. Mass-to-length ratio for the dense gas is 3.4 − 34 M ⊙ pc −1 from CS (2-1) data. The PV-diagram of the filament is V-shaped. We estimated physical conditions in the molecular gas using methanol lines. Location of the filament on the sky between extended shells suggests that it could be a good example to test theoretical models of formation of the filaments via multiple compression of interstellar gas by supersonic waves.

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The Disk-Outflow System in the S255ir Area of High-Mass Star Formation

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Radio outburst from a massive (proto)star

Radio outburst from a massive (proto)star

Disk-mediated accretion burst in a high-mass young stellar object

Molecular gas in high-mass filament WB673

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