A probable Keplerian disk feeding an optically revealed massive young star
arXiv:2311.17217 · doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06790-2
Abstract
The canonical picture of star formation involves disk-mediated accretion, with Keplerian accretion disks and associated bipolar jets primarily observed in nearby, low-mass young stellar objects (YSOs). Recently, rotating gaseous structures and Keplerian disks have been detected around a number of massive (M > 8 solar masses) YSOs (MYSOs) including several disk-jet systems. All of the known MYSO systems are located in the Milky Way, and all are embedded in their natal material. Here we report the detection of a rotating gaseous structure around an extragalactic MYSO in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The gas motions show radial flow of material falling from larger scales onto a central disk-like structure, the latter exhibiting signs of Keplerian rotation, i.e., a rotating toroid feeding an accretion disk and thus the growth of the central star. The system is in almost all aspects comparable to Milky Way high-mass young stellar objects accreting gas via a Keplerian disk. The key difference between this source and its Galactic counterparts is that it is optically revealed, rather than being deeply embedded in its natal material as is expected of such a young massive star. We suggest that this is the consequence of the star having formed in a low-metallicity and low-dust content environment, thus providing important constraints for models of the formation and evolution of massive stars and their circumstellar disks.
arXiv comment20 pages, 9 pages
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