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Integral field spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in the N113 H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Ward, J.L.; Oliveira, J.M.; Van Loon, J. Th.; Sewiło, M.

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J.L. Ward

M. Sewiło



Abstract

The Spitzer Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution (SAGE) survey has allowed the identification and analysis of significant samples of Young Stellar Object (YSO) candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). However, the angular resolution of Spitzer is relatively poor meaning that at the distance of the LMC, it is likely that many of the Spitzer YSO candidates in fact contain multiple components. We present high-resolution K-band integral field spectroscopic observations of the three most prominent massive YSO candidates in the N113 H?II region using Very Large Telescope/Spectrograph for INtegral Field Observations in the Near Infrared (VLT/SINFONI). We have identified six K-band continuum sources within the three Spitzer sources and we have mapped the morphology and velocity fields of extended line emission around these sources. Br ?, He?I and H2 emission is found at the position of all six K-band sources; we discuss whether the emission is associated with the continuum sources or whether it is ambient emission. H2 emission appears to be mostly ambient emission and no evidence of CO emission arising in the discs of YSOs has been found. We have mapped the centroid velocities of extended Br ? emission and He?I emission and found evidence of two expanding compact H?II regions. One source shows compact and strong H2 emission suggestive of a molecular outflow. The diversity of spectroscopic properties observed is interpreted in the context of a range of evolutionary stages associated with massive star formation.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 19, 2015
Online Publication Date Nov 21, 2015
Publication Date Jan 21, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 455
Issue 3
Pages 2345 - 2362
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2424
Keywords circumstellar matter; stars: formation; stars: protostars; Magellanic Clouds; infrared stars
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2424

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