Description
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the high-mass star-forming region G35.20-0.74N have revealed the presence of a Keplerian disk in core B rotating about a massive object of 18M_{sun}_, as computed from the velocity field. The luminosity of such a massive star would be comparable to (or higher than) the luminosity of the whole star-forming region. To solve this problem it has been proposed that core B could harbor a binary system. This could also explain the possible precession of the radio jet associated with this core, which has been suggested by its S-shaped morphology. We establish the origin of the free-free emission from core B and investigate the existence of a binary system at the center of this massive core and the possible precession of the radio jet. We carried out VLA continuum observations of G35.20-0.74N at 2cm in the B configuration and at 1.3cm and 7mm in the A and B configurations. The bandwidth at 7mm covers the CH3OH maser line at 44.069GHz. Continuum images at 6 and 3.6cm in the A configuration were obtained from the VLA archive. We also carried out VERA observations of the H_2_O maser line at 22.235GHz.
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