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A young double stellar cluster in a HII region, emerging from its parent molecular cloud
We report the properties of a new young double stellar cluster in the region
towards IRAS 07141-0920 contained in the HII region Sh2-294. High-resolution
optical UBVRI and Halpha images, near-infrared JHKs and H2 filter images were
used to make photometric and morphological studies of the point sources and the
nebula seen towards Sh2-294. The optical images reveal an emission nebula with
very rich morphological details, composed mainly of UV scattered light and of
Halpha emission. Contrasting with the bright parts of the nebula, opaque,
elongated patches are seen. Our optical photometry confirms that the
illuminator of the nebula is likely to be a B0.5V star located at a distance of
about 3.2 kpc. Our near-IR images reveal an embedded cluster, extending for
about 2 pc and exhibiting sub-clustering: a denser, more condensed, sub-cluster
surrounding the optical high-mass B0.5V illuminator star; and a more embedded,
optically invisible, sub-cluster located towards the eastern, dark part of the
nebula and including the luminous MSX source G224.1880+01.2407, a massive
protostellar candidate that could be the origin of jets and extended features
seen at 2.12 micron. The double cluster appears to be clearing the remaining
molecular material of the parent cloud, creating patches of lower extinction
and allowing some of the least reddened members to be detected in the optical
images. We find 12 MS and 143 PMS members using 3 different methods: comparison
with isochrones in optical colour-magnitude diagrams, detection of near-IR
excess, and presence of Halpha emission. The most massive star fits a 4 Myr
post-MS isochrone. The age of the optically selected PMS population is
estimated to be 7-8 Myr. The IR-excess population shows sub-clustering on
scales as small as 0.23 pc and is probably much younger.Comment: 15 pages, 16 figure
Enumeration of Standard Young Tableaux
A survey paper, to appear as a chapter in a forthcoming Handbook on
Enumeration.Comment: 65 pages, small correction
Different Evolutionary Stages in the Massive Star Forming Region S255 Complex
To understand evolutionary and environmental effects during the formation of
high-mass stars, we observed three regions of massive star formation at
different evolutionary stages that reside in the same natal molecular cloud.
Methods. The three regions S255IR, S255N and S255S were observed at 1.3 mm with
the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and followup short spacing information was
obtained with the IRAM 30m telescope. Near infrared (NIR) H + K-band spectra
and continuum observations were taken for S255IR with VLT-SINFONI to study the
different stellar populations in this region. The combination of millimeter
(mm) and near infrared data allow us to characterize different stellar
populations within the young forming cluster in detail. While we find multiple
mm continuum sources toward all regions, their outflow, disk and chemical
properties vary considerably. The most evolved source S255IR exhibits a
collimated bipolar outflow visible in CO and H2 emission, the outflows from the
youngest region S255S are still small and rather confined in the regions of the
mm continuum peaks. Also the chemistry toward S255IR is most evolved exhibiting
strong emission from complex molecules, while much fewer molecular lines are
detected in S255N, and in S255S we detect only CO isotopologues and SO lines.
Also, rotational structures are found toward S255N and S255IR. Furthermore, a
comparison of the NIR SINFONI and mm data from S255IR clearly reveal two
different (proto) stellar populations with an estimated age difference of
approximately 1 Myr. A multi-wavelength spectroscopy and mapping study reveals
different evolutionary phases of the star formation regions. We propose the
triggered outside-in collapse star formation scenario for the bigger picture
and the fragmentation scenario for S255IR.Comment: 23 pages,25 figures, accepted by A&
Different Evolutionary Stages in the Massive Star Forming Region W3 Main Complex
We observed three high-mass star-forming regions in the W3 high-mass star
formation complex with the Submillimeter Array and IRAM 30 m telescope. These
regions, i.e. W3 SMS1 (W3 IRS5), SMS2 (W3 IRS4) and SMS3, are in different
evolutionary stages and are located within the same large-scale environment,
which allows us to study rotation and outflows as well as chemical properties
in an evolutionary sense. While we find multiple mm continuum sources toward
all regions, these three sub-regions exhibit different dynamical and chemical
properties, which indicates that they are in different evolutionary stages.
Even within each subregion, massive cores of different ages are found, e.g. in
SMS2, sub-sources from the most evolved UCHII region to potential starless
cores exist within 30 000 AU of each other. Outflows and rotational structures
are found in SMS1 and SMS2. Evidence for interactions between the molecular
cloud and the HII regions is found in the 13CO channel maps, which may indicate
triggered star formation.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ, 22 pages, 23 figure
Dynamical structure of the inner 100 AU of the deeply embedded protostar IRAS 16293-2422
A fundamental question about the early evolution of low-mass protostars is
when circumstellar disks may form. High angular resolution observations of
molecular transitions in the (sub)millimeter wavelength windows make it
possible to investigate the kinematics of the gas around newly-formed stars,
for example to identify the presence of rotation and infall. IRAS 16293-2422
was observed with the extended Submillimeter Array (eSMA) resulting in
subarcsecond resolution (0.46" x 0.29", i.e. 55 35~AU) images
of compact emission from the CO (3-2) and CS (7-6) transitions at
337~GHz (0.89~mm). To recover the more extended emission we have combined the
eSMA data with SMA observations of the same molecules. The emission of
CO (3-2) and CS (7-6) both show a velocity gradient oriented
along a northeast-southwest direction with respect to the continuum marking the
location of one of the components of the binary, IRAS16293A. Our combined eSMA
and SMA observations show that the velocity field on the 50--400~AU scales is
consistent with a rotating structure. It cannot be explained by simple
Keplerian rotation around a single point mass but rather needs to take into
account the enclosed envelope mass at the radii where the observed lines are
excited. We suggest that IRAS 16293-2422 could be among the best candidates to
observe a pseudo-disk with future high angular resolution observations.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ, 18 pages, 10 figure
The high-mass disk candidates NGC7538IRS1 and NGC7538S
Context: The nature of embedded accretion disks around forming high-mass
stars is one of the missing puzzle pieces for a general understanding of the
formation of the most massive and luminous stars. Methods: Using the Plateau de
Bure Interferometer at 1.36mm wavelengths in its most extended configuration we
probe the dust and gas emission at ~0.3",corresponding to linear resolution
elements of ~800AU. Results: NGC7538IRS1 remains a single compact and massive
gas core with extraordinarily high column densities, corresponding to visual
extinctions on the order of 10^5mag, and average densities within the central
2000AU of ~2.1x10^9cm^-3 that have not been measured before. We identify a
velocity gradient across in northeast-southwest direction that is consistent
with the mid-infrared emission, but we do not find a gradient that corresponds
to the proposed CH3OH maser disk. The spectral line data toward NGC7538IRS1
reveal strong blue- and red-shifted absorption toward the mm continuum peak
position. The red-shifted absorption allows us to estimate high infall rates on
the order of 10^-2 Msun/yr. Although we cannot prove that the gas will be
accreted in the end, the data are consistent with ongoing star formation
activity in a scaled-up low-mass star formation scenario. Compared to that,
NGC7538S fragments in a hierarchical fashion into several sub-sources. While
the kinematics of the main mm peak are dominated by the accompanying jet, we
find rotational signatures from a secondary peak. Furthermore, strong spectral
line differences exist between the sub-sources which is indicative of different
evolutionary stages within the same large-scale gas clump.Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures, accepted for A&
The pillowcase distribution and near-involutions
In the context of the Eskin-Okounkov approach to the calculation of the
volumes of the different strata of the moduli space of quadratic differentials,
the important ingredients are the pillowcase weight probability distribution on
the space of Young diagrams, and the asymptotic study of characters of
permutations that near-involutions. In this paper we present various new
results for these objects. Our results give light to unforeseen difficulties in
the general solution to the problem, and they simplify some of the previous
proofs.Comment: This paper elaborates on some of the results of the author's PhD
thesis (arXiv:1209.4333). This is the published version,
http://ejp.ejpecp.org/article/view/362
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