Issue |
A&A
Volume 612, April 2018
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Article Number | A36 | |
Number of page(s) | 15 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730561 | |
Published online | 17 April 2018 |
Radio and infrared study of southern H II regions G346.056−0.021 and G346.077−0.056★
1
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology,
Trivandrum
695547, India
e-mail: swagat.12@iist.ac.in
2
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute 776,
Daedeokdae-ro, Yuseong-gu,
Daejeon
305-348, Republic of Korea
3
East Asian Observatory,
660 N. A’ohoku Place,
Hilo, HI
96720, USA
4
National Centre For Radio Astrophysics,
Pune
411007,
India
Received:
4
February
2017
Accepted:
4
October
2017
Aim. We present a multiwavelength study of two southern Galactic H II regions G346.056−0.021 and G346.077−0.056 which are located at a distance of 10.9 kpc. The distribution of ionized gas, cold and warm dust, and the stellar population associated with the two H II regions are studied in detail using measurements at near-infrared, mid-infrared, far-infrared, submillimeter and radio wavelengths.
Methods. The radio continuum maps at 1280 and 610 MHz were obtained using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope to probe the ionized gas. The dust temperature, column density, and dust emissivity maps were generated using modified blackbody fits in the far-infrared wavelength range 160–500 μm. Various near- and mid-infrared color and magnitude criteria were adopted to identify candidate ionizing star(s) and the population of young stellar objects in the associated field.
Results. The radio maps reveal the presence of diffuse ionized emission displaying distinct cometary morphologies. The 1280 MHz flux densities translate to zero age main sequence spectral types in the range O7.5V–O7V and O8.5V–O8V for the ionizing stars of G346.056−0.021 and G346.077−0.056, respectively. A few promising candidate ionizing star(s) are identified using near-infrared photometric data. The column density map shows the presence of a large, dense dust clump enveloping G346.077−0.056. The dust temperature map shows peaks towards the two H II regions. The submillimeter image shows the presence of two additional clumps, one being associated with G346.056−0.021. The masses of the clumps are estimated to range between ~1400 and 15250 M⊙. Based on simple analytic calculations and the correlation seen between the ionized gas distribution and the local density structure, the observed cometary morphology in the radio maps is better explained invoking the champagne-flow model.
Key words: infrared: ISM / radio continuum: ISM / HII regions / ISM: individual objects: G346.056–0.021 / ISM: individual objects: G346.077–0.056
GMRT data (FITS format) are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/612/A36
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