Hot ammonia in NGC6334I & I(N)

Abstract

Aims: The massive twin cores NGC6334I and I(N) are in different evolutionary stages and hence ideal targets to study evolutionary variations within the same larger-scale environment. Here, we study the warm, compact gas components. Methods: We imaged the two regions with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at high angular resolution in the NH3(3,3) to (6,6) inversion lines. Results: Compact emission is detected toward both regions in all observed inversion lines with energy levels up to 407K above ground. This is particularly surprising for NGC6334I(N) since it lacks bright infrared emission and is considered a massive cold core at an early evolutionary stage. High optical depth and multiply-peaked line profiles complicate rotation temperature estimates, and we can only conclude that gas components with temperatures >100K are present in both regions. Toward NGC6334I, we confirm previous reports of NH3(3,3) maser emission toward the outflow bow-shocks. Furthermore, we report the first detection of an NH3(6,6) maser toward the central region of NGC6334I. This maser is centered on the second millimeter (mm) peak and elongated along the outflow axis, indicating that this mm continuum core harbors the driving source of the molecular outflow. Toward the main mm peak in NGC6334I(N), we detect a double-horn line profile in the NH3(6,6) transition. The current data do not allow us to differentiate whether this double-horn profile is produced by multiple gas components along the line of sight, or whether it may trace a potential underlying massive accretion disk. The data to Figures 3 to 7 are also available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/.

arXiv comment12 pages, 8 figures, accepted for Astronomy and Astrophysics, you can find a high resolution copy at http://www.mpia.de/homes/beuther/papers.html

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