Massive stars form in dense and massive molecular cores. The exact formation
mechanism is unclear, but it is possible that some massive stars are formed by
processes similar to those that produce the low-mass stars, with
accretion/ejection phenomena occurring at some point of the evolution of the
protostar. This picture seems to be supported by the detection of a collimated
stellar wind emanating from the massive protostar IRAS 16547-4247. A triple
radio source is associated with the protostar: a compact core and two radio
lobes. The emission of the southern lobe is clearly non-thermal. Such emission
is interpreted as synchrotron radiation produced by relativistic electrons
locally accelerated at the termination point of a thermal jet. Since the
ambient medium is determined by the properties of the molecular cloud in which
the whole system is embedded, we can expect high densities of particles and
infrared photons. Because of the confirmed presence of relativistic electrons,
inverse Compton and relativistic Bremsstrahlung interactions are unavoidable.
Proton-proton collision should also occur, producing an injection of neutral
pions. In this paper we aim at making quantitative predictions of the spectral
energy distribution of the non-thermal spots generated by massive young stellar
objects, with emphasis on the particular case of IRAS 16547-4247. We present
spectral energy distributions for the southern lobe of this source, for a
variety of conditions. We show that high-energy emission might be detectable
from this object in the gamma-ray domain (MeV to TeV). The source may also be
detectable at X-rays through long exposures with current X-ray instruments.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&