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3D velocity fields from methanol and water masers in an intermediate-mass protostar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

C. Goddi ,
L. Moscadelli  and
A. Sanna
C. Goddi
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany email: cgoddi@eso.org
L. Moscadelli
Affiliation:
INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
A. Sanna
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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We report multi-epoch VLBI observations of molecular masers towards the high-mass star forming region AFGL 5142, leading to the determination of the 3D velocity field of circumstellar molecular gas at radii <0.″23 (or 400 AU) from the protostar MM–1. Our observations of CH3OH maser emission enabled, for the first time, a direct measurement of infall of a molecular envelope on to an intermediate-mass protostar (radius of 300 AU, velocity of 5 km s−1, and infall rate of 6 × 10−4n8M⊙ yr−1, where n8 is the ambient volume density in units of 108 cm−3). In addition, our measurements of H2O maser (and radio continuum) emission revealed a collimated bipolar molecular outflow (and ionized jet) from MM–1. The evidence of simultaneous accretion and outflow at small spatial scales, makes AFGL 5142 an extremely compelling target for high-angular resolution studies of high-mass star formation.

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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S287: Cosmic Masers - from OH to H0 , January 2012 , pp. 401 - 406
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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