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2007ApJ...666L..37T - Astrophys. J., 666, L37-L40 (2007/September-1)

The circumstellar structure and excitation effects around the massive protostar Cepheus A HW 2.

TORRELLES J.M., PATEL N.A., CURIEL S., HO P.T.P., GARAY G. and RODRIGUEZ L.F.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report SMA 335 GHz continuum observations with angular resolution of ∼0.3", together with VLA ammonia observations with ∼1" resolution toward Cep A HW 2. We find that the flattened disk structure of the dust emission observed by Patel et al. is preserved at the 0.3" scale, showing an elongated structure of ∼0.6" size (450 AU) peaking on HW 2. In addition, two ammonia cores are observed, one associated with a hot core previously reported and an elongated core with a double peak separated by ∼1.3", with signs of heating at the inner edges of the gas facing HW 2. The double-peaked ammonia structure, as well as the double-peaked CH3 CN structure reported previously (and proposed to be two independent hot cores), surround both the dust emission as well as the double-peaked SO2 disk structure found by Jiménez-Serra et al. All these results argue against the interpretation of the elongated dust-gas structure as due to a chance superposition of different cores; instead, they imply that it is physically related to the central massive object within a ``disk-protostar-jet '' system.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: Individual: Name: Cepheus A - ISM: Jets and Outflows - Stars: Formation

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