THE CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVIRONMENT OF THE FU ORIONIS PRE-OUTBURST CANDIDATE V1331-CYGNI

Citation
S. Mcmuldroch et al., THE CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVIRONMENT OF THE FU ORIONIS PRE-OUTBURST CANDIDATE V1331-CYGNI, The Astronomical journal, 106(6), 1993, pp. 2477-2485
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00046256
Volume
106
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2477 - 2485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6256(1993)106:6<2477:TCEOTF>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
High resolution (approximately 4'') aperture synthesis maps of the CO (1 --> 0), (CO)-C-13 (1 --> 0), (CO)-C-13 (2 --> 1), and associated co ntinuum emission from the FU Orionis candidate V1331 Cygni reveal a ma ssive, 0.5 +/- 0.15 M., circumstellar disk surrounded by a flattened g aseous envelope, 6000 X 4400 AU in size, mass greater-than-or-equal-to 0.32 M.. These images and lower resolution measurements also trace a bipolar outflow and gaseous ring, 4.1 by 2.8 X 10(4) AU, mass greater- than-or-equal-to 0.07 M., radially expanding at 22 +/- 4 km s-1. We su ggest this ring is a swept-up gaseous torus from an energetic mass eje ction stage, possibly an FU Orionis outburst or outbursts, approximate ly 4 X 10(3) yr ago that imparted greater-than-or-equal-to 10(45) ergs into the ambient cloud.