THE CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVIRONMENT OF THE FU ORIONIS PRE-OUTBURST CANDIDATE V1331-CYGNI

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MCMULDROCH, S [1 ]
SARGENT, AI [1 ]
BLAKE, GA [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH,DIV PHYS MATH & ASTRON,PASADENA,CA 91125
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10.1086/116815
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P1 [天文学];
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High resolution (approximately 4'') aperture synthesis maps of the CO (1 --> 0), (CO)-C-13 (1 --> 0), (CO)-C-13 (2 --> 1), and associated continuum emission from the FU Orionis candidate V1331 Cygni reveal a massive, 0.5 +/- 0.15 M., circumstellar disk surrounded by a flattened gaseous envelope, 6000 X 4400 AU in size, mass greater-than-or-equal-to 0.32 M.. These images and lower resolution measurements also trace a bipolar outflow and gaseous ring, 4.1 by 2.8 X 10(4) AU, mass greater-than-or-equal-to 0.07 M., radially expanding at 22 +/- 4 km s-1. We suggest this ring is a swept-up gaseous torus from an energetic mass ejection stage, possibly an FU Orionis outburst or outbursts, approximately 4 X 10(3) yr ago that imparted greater-than-or-equal-to 10(45) ergs into the ambient cloud.
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