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2008ApJ...678L..55B - Astrophys. J., 678, L55-L58 (2008/May-1)

High spatial resolution spectroscopy of W51 IRS 2E and IRS 2W: two very massive young stars in early formation stages.

BARBOSA C.L., BLUM R.D., CONTI P.S., DAMINELI A. and FIGUEREDO E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present K-band spectra of the near infrared counterparts to IRS 2E and IRS 2W which is associated with the ultracompact H II region W51d, both of them embedded sources in the Galactic compact H II region W51 IRS 2. The high spatial resolution observations were obtained with the laser guide star facility and Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) mounted at the Gemini-North observatory. The spectrum of the ionizing source of W51d shows the photospheric features N III (21155 Å) in emission and He II (21897 Å) in absorption which lead us to classify it as a young O3 type star. We detected CO overtone in emission at 23000 Å in the spectrum of IRS 2E, suggesting that it is a massive young object still surrounded by an accretion disk, probably transitioning from the hot core phase to an ultracompact H II region.

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Journal keyword(s): Infrared: Stars - Stars: Early-Type - Stars: Formation - Techniques: Spectroscopic

Nomenclature: Fig.1: BBCDF N (Nos 1-4).

Simbad objects: 10

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