NEAR-INFRARED H{sub 2} AND CONTINUUM SURVEY OF EXTENDED GREEN OBJECTS
- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 23-141, Taipei 106, Taiwan (China)
- Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH (United Kingdom)
The Spitzer GLIMPSE survey has revealed a number of 'Extended Green Objects' (EGOs) that display extended emission at 4.5 {mu}m. These EGOs are potential candidates for high-mass protostellar outflows. We used high-resolution (<1'') H{sub 2} 1-0 S(1) line, K-, and H-band images from the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope to study 34 EGOs to investigate their nature. We found that 12 EGOs exhibit H{sub 2} outflows (two with chains of H{sub 2} knotty structures, five with extended H{sub 2} bipolar structures, three with extended H{sub 2} lobes, and two with pairs of H{sub 2} knots). Of the 12 EGOs with H{sub 2} outflows, three exhibit similar morphologies between the 4.5 {mu}m and H{sub 2} emission. However, the remaining nine EGOs show that the H{sub 2} features are more extended than the continuum features, and the H{sub 2} emission is seldom associated with continuum emission. Furthermore, the morphologies of the near-infrared continuum and 4.5 {mu}m emission are similar to each other for those EGOs with K-band emission, implying that at least part of the IRAC-band continuum emission of EGOs comes from scattered light from the embedded young stellar objects.
- OSTI ID:
- 22047831
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Vol. 200, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0067-0049
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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