Unveiling molecular clouds toward bipolar HII region G8.14+0.23

Abstract

Most recent numerical simulations suggest that bipolar HII regions, powered by O-type stars, can be formed at the interface of two colliding clouds. To observationally understand the birth of O-type stars, we present a detailed multi-wavelength analysis of an area of 1 deg x 1 deg hosting G8.14+0.23 HII region associated with an infrared bipolar nebula (BPN). Based on the radio continuum map, the HII region is excited by at least an O-type star, which is located toward the waist of the BPN. The NANTEN2 13CO line data reveal the existence of two extended clouds at [9, 14.3] and [15.3, 23.3] km/s toward the site G8.14+0.23, which are connected in the position-velocity space through a broad-bridge feature at the intermediate velocity range. A "cavity/intensity-depression" feature is evident in the blueshifted cloud, and is spatially matched by the "elongated redshifted cloud". The spatial and velocity connections of the clouds suggest their interaction in the site G8.14+0.23. The analysis of deep near-infrared photometric data reveals the presence of clusters of infrared-excess sources, illustrating ongoing star formation activities in both the clouds. The O-type star is part of the embedded cluster seen in the waist of the BPN, which is observed toward the spatial matching zone of the cavity and the redshifted cloud. The observational results appear to be in reasonable agreement with the numerical simulations of cloud-cloud collision (CCC), suggesting that the CCC process seems to be responsible for the birth of the O-type star in G8.14+0.23.

arXiv comment16 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

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