- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/692/973
- Title:
- Protostars in Perseus, Serpens and Ophiuchus
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/692/973
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an unbiased census of deeply embedded protostars in Perseus, Serpens, and Ophiuchus, assembled by combining large-scale 1.1mm Bolocam continuum and Spitzer Legacy surveys. We identify protostellar candidates based on their mid-infrared (mid-IR) properties, correlate their positions with 1.1mm core positions from Enoch et al. in 2006 (Cat. J/ApJ/638/293) and 2007ApJ...666..982E, and Young et al. in 2006ApJ...644..326Y, and construct well-sampled spectral energy distributions using our extensive wavelength coverage ({lambda}=1.25-1100um). Source classification based on the bolometric temperature yields a total of 39 Class 0 and 89 Class I sources in the three-cloud sample. We compare to protostellar evolutionary models using the bolometric temperature-luminosity diagram, finding a population of low-luminosity Class I sources that are inconsistent with constant or monotonically decreasing mass accretion rates.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/704/606
- Title:
- Protostars in the Vela Molecular Cloud
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/704/606
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of the infrared variability of young stellar objects by means of two Spitzer-IRAC images of the Vela Molecular Cloud D (VMR-D) obtained in observations separated in time by about six months. By using the same space-born IR instrumentation, this study eliminates all the unwanted effects due to differences in sensitivity, confusion, saturation, calibration, and filter bandpasses, issues that are usually unavoidable when comparing catalogs obtained from different instruments. The VMR-D map covers about 1.5deg^2^ of a site where star formation is actively ongoing. We are interested in accreting pre-main sequence variables whose luminosity variations are due to intermittent events of disk accretion (i.e., active T Tauri stars and EXor-type objects). The variable objects have been selected from a catalog of more than 170000 sources detected at an S/N>=5 (Cat. J/ApJ/719/9). We then searched the sample of variables for ones whose photometric properties such as IR excess, color-magnitude relationships, and spectral energy distribution, are as close as possible to those of known EXor's. Indeed, the latter are monitored in a more systematic way than T Tauri stars and the mechanisms that regulate the observed phenomenology are exactly the same. Hence, the modalities of the EXor behavior are adopted as driving criterion for selecting variables in general. We ultimately selected 19 bona fide candidates that constitute a well defined sample of new variable targets for further investigation (monitoring, spectroscopy). Out of these, 10 sources present a Spitzer MIPS 24um counterpart, and have been classified as three Class I, five flat spectrum, and two Class II objects, while the spectral energy distribution of the other nine sources is compatible with evolutionary phases older than Class I.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/56
- Title:
- Radial velocity of 240 YSOs with MMT/Hectochelle
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/162/56
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2022 06:56:34
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar kinematics is a powerful tool for understanding the formation process of stellar associations. Here, we present a kinematic study of the young stellar population in the Rosette nebula using recent Gaia data and high-resolution spectra. We first isolate member candidates using the published mid-infrared photometric data and the list of X-ray sources. A total of 403 stars with similar parallaxes and proper motions are finally selected as members. The spatial distribution of the members shows that this star-forming region is highly substructured. The young open cluster NGC2244 in the center of the nebula has a pattern of radial expansion and rotation. We discuss its implication on the cluster formation, e.g., monolithic cold collapse or hierarchical assembly. On the other hand, we also investigate three groups located around the border of the HII bubble. The western group seems to be spatially correlated with the adjacent gas structure, but their kinematics is not associated with that of the gas. The southern group does not show any systematic motion relative to NGC2244. These two groups might be spontaneously formed in filaments of a turbulent cloud. The eastern group is spatially and kinematically associated with the gas pillar receding away from NGC2244. This group might be formed by feedback from massive stars in NGC2244. Our results suggest that the stellar population in the Rosette Nebula may form through three different processes: the expansion of stellar clusters, hierarchical star formation in turbulent clouds, and feedback-driven star formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/461/11
- Title:
- Radio observations of MYSO candidates
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/461/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey is a multi-wavelength programme of follow-up observations designed to distinguish between genuine massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) and other embedded or dusty objects, such as ultra compact (UC) HII regions, evolved stars and planetary nebulae (PNe). We have identified nearly 2000 MYSOs candidates by comparing the colours of MSX and 2MASS point sources to those of known MYSOs. There are several other types of embedded or dust enshrouded objects that have similar colours as MYSOs and contaminate our sample. Two sources of contamination are from UCHII regions and PNe, both of which can be identified from the radio emission emitted by their ionised nebulae. In order to identify UCHII regions and PNe that contaminate our sample we have conducted high resolution radio continuum observations at 3.6 and 6cm of all southern MYSOs candidates (235{deg}<l<350{deg}) using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These observations have a spatial resolution of ~1-2" and typical image rms noise values of ~0.3mJy, sensitive enough to detect a HII region powered by a B0.5 star at the far side of the Galaxy. Of the 826 RMS sources observed we found 199 to be associated with radio emission, ~25% of the sample. The Galactic distribution, morphologies and spectral indices of the radio sources associated with the RMS sources are consistent with these sources being UCHII regions. Importantly, the 627 RMS sources for which no radio emission was detected are still potential MYSOs. In addition to the 802 RMS fields observed we present observations of a further 190 fields. These observations were made towards MSX sources that passed cuts in earlier versions of the survey, but were later excluded.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/525/A149
- Title:
- Red MSX Survey (RMS): bolometric fluxes of YSOs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/525/A149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey is returning a large sample of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) and ultra-compact (UC) HII regions using follow-up observations of colour-selected candidates from the MSX point source catalogue. To obtain the bolometric fluxes and, using kinematic distance information, the luminosities for young RMS sources with far-infrared fluxes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/410/1237
- Title:
- Red MSX survey (RMS) massive young stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/410/1237
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a large sample of massive young stellar objects and ultra compact HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) colour selected sources. Using a recent catalogue of molecular clouds derived from the Boston University-Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory (BU-FCRAO) Galactic Ring Survey (GRS), and by applying a Galactic scaleheight cut-off of 120pc, we solve the distance ambiguity for RMS sources located within 18{deg}<|l|>54{deg}. These two steps yield kinematic distances to 291 sources out of a possible 326, located within the GRS longitude range. Combining distances and integrated fluxes derived from spectral energy distributions, we estimate luminosities to these sources and find that >90 per cent are indicative of the presence of a massive star. We find the completeness limit of our sample is ~10^4^L_{sun}_, which corresponds to a zero-age main-sequence star with a mass of ~12M_{sun}_. Selecting only these sources, we construct a complete sample of 196 sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/1689
- Title:
- Red MSX water maser and ammonia emissions
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/418/1689
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a sample of ~1200 massive young stellar objects (MYSOs), compact and ultra-compact HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) colour-selected sources. We have used the 100-m Green Bank Telescope to search for 22-24GHz water maser and ammonia (1,1), (2,2) and (3,3) emission towards ~600 RMS sources located within the northern Galactic plane. We have identified 308 H_2_O masers which corresponds to an overall detection rate of ~50 per cent. We find no significant difference in the detection rate for HII regions and MYSOs which would suggest that the conditions required to produce maser emission are equally likely in both phases. Comparing the detection rates as a function of luminosity, we find the H_2_O detection rate has a positive dependence on the source luminosity, with the detection rate increasing with increasing luminosity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/825/91
- Title:
- Refined classification for Orion A protostars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/825/91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the list of young stellar objects (YSOs) compiled by Megeath et al. (2012, J/AJ/144/192) for the Orion A molecular cloud, only 44 out of 1208 sources found projected onto low extinction (A_K_<0.8mag) gas are identified as protostars. These objects are puzzling because protostars are not typically expected to be associated with extended low extinction material. Here, we use high resolution extinction maps generated from Herschel data, optical/infrared and Spitzer Space Telescope photometry and spectroscopy of the low extinction protostellar candidate sources to determine if they are likely true protostellar sources or contaminants. Out of 44 candidate objects, we determine that 10 sources are likely protostars, with the rest being more evolved YSOs (18), galaxies (4), false detections of nebulosity and cloud edges (9), or real sources for which more data are required to ascertain their nature (3). We find none of the confirmed protostars to be associated with recognizable dense cores and we briefly discuss possible origins for these orphaned objects.
319. RMS survey
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/4029
- Title:
- RMS survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/4029
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of ammonia observations towards 66 massive star forming regions identified by the Red Midcourse Space Experiment Source survey. We have used the Green Bank Telescope and the K-Band Focal Plane Array to map the ammonia (NH_3_) (1,1) and (2,2) inversion emission at a resolution of 30 arcsec in 8 arcmin regions towards the positions of embedded massive star formation. We have identified a total of 115 distinct clumps, approximately two-thirds of which are associated with an embedded massive young stellar object or compact HII region, while the others are classified as quiescent. There is a strong spatial correlation between the peak NH3 emission and the presence of embedded objects. We derive the spatial distribution of the kinetic gas temperatures, line widths, and NH3 column densities from these maps, and by combining these data with dust emission maps we estimate clump masses, H_2_ column densities and ammonia abundances. The clumps have typical masses of ~1000M_{sun}_ and radii ~0.5pc, line widths of ~2km/s and kinetic temperatures of ~16-20K. We find no significant difference between the sizes and masses of the star-forming and quiescent subsamples; however, the distribution maps reveal the presence of temperature and line width gradients peaking towards the centre for the star-forming clumps while the quiescent clumps show relatively uniform temperatures and line widths throughout. Virial analysis suggests that the vast majority of clumps are gravitationally bound and are likely to be in a state of global free fall in the absence of strong magnetic fields. The similarities between the properties of the two subsamples suggest that the quiescent clumps are also likely to form massive stars in the future, and therefore provide an excellent opportunity to study the initial conditions of massive pre-stellar and protostellar clumps.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/501/539
- Title:
- RMS survey. 6cm observations of YSOs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/501/539
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey is an ongoing multi-wavelength observational programme designed to return a large, well-selected sample of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs). We have identified ~2000 MYSO candidates located throughout the Galaxy by comparing the colours of MSX and 2MASS point sources to those of known MYSOs. The aim of these follow-up observations is to identify other objects with similar colours such as ultra compact (UC) HII regions, evolved stars and planetary nebulae (PNe) and distinguish between genuine MYSOs and nearby low-mass YSOs. To identify the populations of UCHII regions and PNe within the sample and examine their Galactic distribution. We have conducted high resolution radio continuum observations at 6cm towards 659 MYSO candidates in the northern hemisphere (10{deg}<l<250{deg}) using the Very Large Array (VLA). These observations have a spatial resolution of ~1-2" and typical image rms noise values of ~0.22mJy - sensitive enough to detect a HII region powered by B0.5 star at the far side of the Galaxy. In addition to these targeted observations we present archival data towards a further 315 RMS sources extracted from a previous VLA survey of the inner Galaxy.
