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The H2O super maser emission of Orion KL accretion disk, bipolar outflow, shell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Leonid I. Matveyenko
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia, [email protected]
V. A. Demichev
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia, [email protected]
S. S. Sivakon
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia, [email protected]
P. D. Diamond
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia, [email protected]
D. A. Graham
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia, [email protected]
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The H2O super maser outbursts were observed in Orion KL in active periods 1979-1987 (F ≤ 8 MJy) and 1998-1999 (F ≤ 4 MJy). The line velocity was VLSR = 7.65 km/s and line width ΔV ~ 0.5 km/s. The emission was linear polarized m ≤ 75%. We studied structure of H2O super maser region with VLBI angular resolution 0.1 mas or 0.05 AU. The emission was determined by high organized structure: a chain of bright (Tb ~ 1016K) compact components (~ 0.05 AU), which are distributed along thin S-form structure 27× 0.3 AU, Tb ~ 1011K, Fig. 1. The brightest components have velocities V ~ 7.65 km/s. The components correspond to tangential direction of the rings, velocities of which are V ~ ΩR and rotation period is ~180 yrs. The highly collimated bipolar outflow 9x0.7 AU and comet-like bullets were observed in the quiescent period 1995 (F= 1 kJy) and second activity period 1998-1999. The central compact (0.05 AU) bright (Tb ~ 1016K) source is ejector of bipolar outflow, which surrounded by a torus. Compact bright features are located in the outflow, which velocities are V ~ 10 km/s in the beginning of activity, and V ~ 3 km/s in the end. The helix structure of outflow is determined by precession with period T ~ 10 yrs. The bullets were ejected in the first period activity. Extraordinary changing of the polarization position angle dX/dV ~ 23o/km/s is determined by nozzle emission.

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Matveyenko, L.I., Demichev, V.A., Sivakon, , Diamond, P.J., & Graham, D.A. 2005, Ast.Lett. 12, 816CrossRefGoogle Scholar