ATCA radio imaging of the ProPlyD-like objects in the giant HII region NGC 3603

Abstract

Three cometary-shaped objects in the giant HII region NGC 3603, originally found and identified as proto-planetary disks (ProPlyDs) by Brandner et al. 2000 using HST+VLT in the optical and near-infrared, have been detected with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) in the radio continuum at 3 and 6cm. All three ProPlyD-like objects are clearly resolved with an extent of a few arcseconds. The integrated 6cm fluxes are up to 1.3 times higher than the 3cm fluxes with spectral indices averaged over the whole clump between $\alpha =-0.1$ and -0.5 ($S_{\nu }\propto {\nu }^{\alpha }$), indicating the likely presence of non-thermal emission in at least some of the sources. All measured fluxes are at least one order of magnitude higher than those predicted by Brandner et al. 2000. Due to the unexpectedly large radio luminosities of the ProPlyD-like features and because the radio emission is extended a (proto-)stellar origin of the non-thermal emission from a dust enshrouded star appears unlikely. Instead we propose that magnetized regions within the envelope of the ProPlyD-like nebulae exist. (abridged)

arXiv comment25 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ; Fig.1 can be obtained from [email protected]

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