A RICH CLUSTER OF RADIO STARS IN THE RHO-OPHIUCHI CLOUD CORES

被引:104
作者
LEOUS, JA
FEIGELSON, ED
ANDRE, P
MONTMERLE, T
机构
[1] NATL RADIO ASTRON OBSERV,TUCSON,AZ 85721
[2] CENS,SERV ASTROPHYS,DPHG-SAP,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
关键词
NEBULAE INDIVIDUAL (RHO-OPHIUCHI); STARS PRE-MAIN-SEQUENCE; STARS RADIO RADIATION;
D O I
10.1086/170542
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Deep 6 cm VLA observations of the central regions of the rho-Ophiuchi star-forming cloud reveal a concentration of faint stellar radio sources. A sensitivity better than 0.09 mJy is achieved, corresponding to 2.3 x 10(15) ergs s-1 Hz-1, a factor of 10-20 more sensitive than previous observations of the cloud (Stine et al.). In the northern molecular core, rho-Oph A, 22 sources are seen in a 13' x 13' map centered on the embedded B star S1. Below 0.4 mJy, the source density is several times that expected from extragalactic sources. At least seven radio sources are associated with young stars: six are coincident with infrared sources, and one with a strong millimeter source at the base of a bipolar flow (Andre et al.). In the southern molecular core, rho-Oph E/F, 13 faint radio sources are detected; at least six are coincident with infrared stars. The low-mass stellar radio sources range in radio intensity from 0.2 to 3 mJy. These studies show that continuum radio emission far above levels present in main sequence stars is observed in one-third to one-half of low-mass pre-main-sequence stars. However, it is not clear whether the radio emission is generally thermal or nonthermal in origin.
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页码:683 / 688
页数:6
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