THE ROTATING INTERSTELLAR DISK IN G35.2-0.74

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LITTLE, LT [1 ]
DENT, WRF [1 ]
HEATON, B [1 ]
DAVIES, SR [1 ]
WHITE, GJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV LONDON QUEEN MARY COLL,LONDON E1 4NS,ENGLAND
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10.1093/mnras/217.2.227
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P1 [天文学];
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Maps of NH3 (1,1) and (2,2) inversion line emission from the molecular cloud G35.2N have been made at 40-arcsec resolution with the 100-m Effelsberg telescope and at 7-arcsec resolution with the VLA.* The source is revealed as a large rotating disc, viewed edge-on, of diameter 1.8 pc. Near the centre of this outer structure is a more dense coaxial rotating inner disc (diameter ~0.4 pc, thickness ≤0.08 pc) of mass ~150 M. A comparison of the (1,1) and (2,2) emission from the inner disc shows that its average density decreases towards the centre, while its temperature rises from ~25 to >100K. It appears that the inner disc is capable of channelling the bipolar outflow from the central source observed in CO. © Royal Astronomical Society.
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