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The extraordinary outburst in NGC6334I-MM1: the rise of dust and emergence of 6.7 GHz methanol masers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2018

Todd R. Hunter ,
Crystal L. Brogan ,
James O. Chibueze ,
Claudia J. Cyganowski ,
Tomoya Hirota  and
Gordon C. MacLeod
Todd R. Hunter
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA email: thunter@nrao.edu
Crystal L. Brogan
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA email: thunter@nrao.edu
James O. Chibueze
Affiliation:
SKA South Africa, 3rd Floor, The Park, Park Road, Pinelands, Cape Town, 7405, South Africa
Claudia J. Cyganowski
Affiliation:
SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
Tomoya Hirota
Affiliation:
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
Gordon C. MacLeod
Affiliation:
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, PO Box 443, Krugersdorp 1740, South Africa
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Our 2015-2016 ALMA 1.3 to 0.87 mm observations (resolution ~200 au) of the massive protocluster NGC6334I revealed that an extraordinary outburst had occurred in the dominant millimeter dust core MM1 (luminosity increase of 70×) when compared with earlier SMA data. The outburst was accompanied by the flaring of ten maser transitions of three species. We present new results from our recent JVLA observations of Class II 6.7 GHz methanol masers and 6 GHz excited OH masers in this region. Class II masers had not previously been detected toward MM1 in any interferometric observations recorded over the past 30 years that targeted the bright masers toward other members of the protocluster (MM2 and MM3=NGC6334F). Methanol masers now appear both toward and adjacent to MM1 with the strongest spots located in a dust cavity ~1 arcsec (1300 au) north of the MM1B hypercompact HII region. In addition, new excited OH masers appear on the non-thermal source CM2. These data reveal the dramatic effects of episodic accretion onto a deeply-embedded high mass protostar and demonstrate its ongoing impact on the surrounding protocluster.

Keywords

Massive protostarsaccretionmasers
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S336: Astrophysical Masers: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe , September 2017 , pp. 251 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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