SOFIA {\it FORCAST} Photometry of 12 Extended Green Objects in the Milky Way

Abstract

Massive young stellar objects are known to undergo an evolutionary phase in which high mass accretion rates drive strong outflows. A class of objects believed to trace this phase accurately is the GLIMPSE Extended Green Object (EGO) sample, so named for the presence of extended 4.5 $\mu$m emission on sizescales of $\sim$0.1 pc in \textit{Spitzer} images. We have been conducting a multi-wavelength examination of a sample of 12 EGOs with distances of 1 to 5 kpc. In this paper, we present mid-infrared images and photometry of these EGOs obtained with the SOFIA telescope, and subsequently construct SEDs for these sources from the near-IR to sub-millimeter regimes using additional archival data. We compare the results from greybody models and several publicly-available software packages which produce model SEDs in the context of a single massive protostar. The models yield typical \rstar\/$\sim$10 \rsun, \tstar\/$\sim$10${}^3$ to 10${}^4$ K, and \lstar\/$\sim$1~$-$~40~$\times$~10${}^3$ \lsun; the median $L/M$ for our sample is 24.7 \lsun/\msun. Model results rarely converge for \rstar\/ and \tstar, but do for \lstar, which we take to be an indication of the multiplicity and inherently clustered nature of these sources even though, typically, only a single source dominates in the mid-infrared. The median $L/M$ value for the sample suggests that these objects may be in a transitional stage between the commonly described ``IR-quiet'' and ``IR-bright'' stages of MYSO evolution. The median $T_{dust}$ for the sample is less conclusive, but suggests that these objects are either in this transitional stage or occupy the cooler (and presumably younger) part of the IR-bright stage.

43 pages, 18 Figures, 10 Tables, 2 Appendices

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