Detection of a Collimated Jet towards a High-mass Protostar
Abstract
Here we present the discovery of a triple radio continuum source associated with IRAS 16547-4247. The spectral indices of the three components are consistent with a jet powered by a massive O-type star in the process of formation, with the outer radio components being the shocked gas at the working surfaces of the jet. The detected radio continuum emission from the central object is thought to arise from the jet itself, prior to the formation of a detectable HII region. All three radio continuum components are located within a molecular core of mass 103 Msun. Our discovery makes IRAS 16547-4247 the most luminous (6.2 x 104 Lsun) young stellar object from which a thermal jet emanates, suggesting that the mechanism that produces jets in low-mass star formation also operates in high-mass star formation.
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