Detection of the thermal radio continuum emission from the G9.62+0.19-F Hot Core

L. Testi (1), P. Hofner (2,3), S. Kurtz (4), and M. Rupen (5)

(1) Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy

(2) Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, P.O. Box 23343, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931

(3) Arecibo Observatory, NAIC/Cornell University, HC3 Box 53995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612

(4) Instituto de Astronom\'{\i}a, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 70-264, 04510 M\'exico D.F., M\'exico

(5) National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM 87801

Abstract:

We present new high resolution and high sensitivity multi-frequency VLA radio continuum observations of the G9.62+0.19-F hot molecular core. We detect for the first time faint centimetric radio continuum emission at the position of the core. The centimetric continuum spectrum of the source is consistent with thermal emission from ionised gas. This is the first direct evidence that a newly born massive star is powering the G9.62+0.19-F hot core.

Mantained by: Leonardo Testi