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IRAS 23385+6053: a candidate protostellar massive object
F. Fontani ; R. Cesaroni ; L. Testi ; C.M. Walmsley ; S. Molinari ; R. Neri ; D. Shepherd ; J. Brand ; F. Palla ; Q. Zhang ;
Date 15 Oct 2003
Journal Astron.Astrophys. 414 (2004) 299-315
Subject astro-ph
AbstractWe present the results of a multi-line and continuum study towards the source IRAS 23385+6053,performed with the IRAM-30m telescope, the Plateau de Bure Interferometer, the Very Large Array Interferometer and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. The new results confirm our earlier findings, namely that IRAS 23385+6053 is a good candidate high-mass protostellar object, precursor of an ultracompact H$_{II}$ region. The source is roughly composed of two regions: a molecular core $sim0.03div0.04$ pc in size, with a temperature of $sim40$ K and an H$_{2}$ volume density of the order of 10$^{7}$ cm$^{-3}$, and an extended halo of diameter $leq$0.4 pc, with an average kinetic temperature of $sim 15$ K and H$_{2}$ volume density of the order of 10$^{5}$ cm$^{-3}$. The core temperature is much smaller than what is typically found in molecular cores of the same diameter surrounding massive ZAMS stars. We deduce that the core luminosity is between 150 and $1.6 imes10^{4}L_{odot}$, and we believe that the upper limit is near the ``true’’ source luminosity. Moreover, by comparing the H$_{2}$ volume density obtained at different radii from the IRAS source, we find that the halo has a density profile of the type $n_{ m H_{2}}propto r^{-2.3}$. This suggests that the source is gravitationally unstable. Finally, we demonstrate that the temperature at the core surface is consistent with a core luminosity of $10^3 L_{odot}$ and conclude that we might be observing a protostar still accreting material from its parental cloud, whose mass at present is $sim 6 M_{odot}$.
Source arXiv, astro-ph/0310420
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