A multi-wavelength interferometric study of the massive young stellar object IRAS 13481-6124
- 28 January 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Vol. 586, A78
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527502
Abstract
We present new mid-infrared interferometric observations of the massive young stellar object IRAS 13481-6124, using VLTI/MIDI for spectrally-resolved, long-baseline measurements (projected baselines up to ~120 m) and GSO/T-ReCS for aperture-masking interferometry in five narrow-band filters (projected baselines of ~1.8−6.4 m) in the wavelength range of 7.5−13μm. We combine these measurements with previously-published interferometric observations in the K and N bands in order to assemble the largest collection of infrared interferometric observations for a massive YSO to date. Using a combination of geometric and radiative-transfer models, we confirm the detection at mid-infrared wavelengths of the disk previously inferred from near-infrared observations. We show that the outflow cavity is also detected at both near- and mid-infrared wavelengths, and in fact dominates the mid-infrared emission in terms of total flux. For the disk, we derive the inner radius (~1.8 mas or ~6.5 AU at 3.6 kpc), temperature at the inner rim (~1760 K), inclination (~48°) and position angle (~107°). We determine that the mass of the disk cannot be constrained without high-resolution observations in the (sub-)millimeter regime or observations of the disk kinematics, and could be anywhere from ~10-3 to 20M ⊙. Finally, we discuss the prospects of interpreting the spectral energy distributions of deeply-embedded massive YSOs, and warn against attempting to infer disk properties from the spectral energy distribution.Keywords
Funding Information
- Russian Science Foundation (15-12-10017)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/J004030/1)
- European commision (SH-06192)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-13-JS05-0005)
- European Research Council (ERC-STG-639248)
- National Science Foundation (NSF-AST1210972)
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