CO observations toward the isolated mid-infrared bubble S44: External triggering of O-star formation by a cloud-cloud collision

Abstract

We have performed a multi-wavelength study of the mid-infrared bubble S44 to investigate the origin of isolated high-mass star(s) and the star-formation process around the bubble formed by the HII region. In this paper, we report the results of new CO observations (${}^{12}$CO, ${}^{13}$CO $J=$1-0, and ${}^{12}$CO $J=$3-2) toward the isolated bubble S44 using the NANTEN2, Mopra, and ASTE radio telescopes. We found two velocity components in the direction of the bubble, at $-84$ km s${}^{-1}$ and $-79$ km s${}^{-1}$. These two clouds are likely to be physically associated with the bubble,both because of the enhanced ${}^{12}$CO $J=$3-2/1-0 intensity ratio from a ring-like structure affected by ultraviolet radiation from embedded high-mass star(s) and from the morphological correspondence between the 8 $\mu$m emission and the CO distribution. Assuming a single object, we estimate the spectral type of the embedded star inside the bubble to be O8.5-9 ($\sim 20M_{\odot }$) from the radio-continuum free-free emission. We hypothesize that the two clouds collided with each other 3 Myr ago, triggering the formation of the isolated high-mass star in S44, as also occurred with RCW 120 and RCW 79. We argue that this scenario can explain the origin of the isolated O-star inside the bubble.

arXiv comment21 pages, 12 figures, and 3 tables, accepted for publication in PASJ

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