Evidence for an inner molecular disk around massive Young Stellar Objects

Abstract

We present observations of CO overtone bandhead emission toward four massive Young Stellar Objects (spectral type O6--B5). The high signal-to-noise ratio K-band spectra were obtained with VLT-ISAAC at a resolution of 30 km/s, sufficient to resolve the bandheads, but not the individual J-lines. We are able to explain the shape of the lines by assuming a simple isothermal keplerian disk model seen at different inclinations. The gas temperature ranges from 1500 to 4500 K and the CO column density is between 0.1 and 4 10^21 cm^-2. The emission probably arises within the first few astronomical units of the disk, consistent with the high gas temperature. Our results indicate that molecules can survive close to a hot star and suggest that dense (n_H > 10^10 cm^-3) inner disks may be relatively common at an advanced stage of high-mass star formation.

accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters

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