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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 753, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/753/1/34
关键词
ISM: individual objects (AFGL2591); ISM: molecules; stars: formation
资金
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory through a SMA fellowship
- MICINN [ESP2007-65812-C02-C01, AYA2010-21697-C05-01]
- AstroMadrid [CAM S2009/ESP-1496]
- STFC [ST/F501761/1, ST/J001511/1, ST/H001794/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/F501761/1, ST/H001794/1, ST/J001511/1] Funding Source: researchfish
We present high angular resolution observations (0 ''.5 x 0 ''.3) carried out with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) toward the AFGL2591 high-mass star-forming region. Our SMA images reveal a clear chemical segregation within the AFGL2591 VLA 3 hot core, where different molecular species (Types I, II, and III) appear distributed in three concentric shells. This is the first time that such a chemical segregation is ever reported at linear scales <= 3000 AU within a hot core. While Type I species (H2S and (CS)-C-13) peak at the AFGL2591 VLA 3 protostar, Type II molecules (HC3N, OCS, SO, and SO2) show a double-peaked structure circumventing the continuum peak. Type III species, represented by CH3OH, form a ring-like structure surrounding the continuum emission. The excitation temperatures of SO2, HC3N, and CH3OH (185 +/- 11 K, 150 +/- 20 K, and 124 +/- 12 K, respectively) show a temperature gradient within the AFGL2591 VLA 3 envelope, consistent with previous observations and modeling of the source. By combining the H2S, SO2, and CH3OH images, representative of the three concentric shells, we find that the global kinematics of the molecular gas follow Keplerian-like rotation around a 40 M-circle dot star. The chemical segregation observed toward AFGL2591 VLA 3 is explained by the combination of molecular UV photodissociation and a high-temperature (similar to 1000 K) gas-phase chemistry within the low extinction innermost region in the AFGL2591 VLA 3 hot core.
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