Diffraction-limited bispectrum speckle interferometry and speckle polarimetry of the young bipolar outflow source S140 IRS1

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dc.creatorSchertl, D.
dc.creatorBalega, Y.
dc.creatorHannemann, T.
dc.creatorHofmann, K. -H.
dc.creatorPreibisch, Th.
dc.creatorWeigelt, G.
dc.date2000-09-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T11:23:13Z
dc.descriptionWe present bispectrum speckle interferometry and speckle polarimetry of the deeply embedded infrared bipolar outflow source S140 IRS1, a massive protostellar object in the L1204 molecular cloud. Using the SAO 6 m telescope, we obtained 280 mas resolution polarization maps of S140 IRS1 as well as a K-band image with diffraction-limited resolution lambda/D of 76 mas, which is the highest angular resolution image of a young outflow source ever obtained in the infrared. Our data suggest that the central source is marginally resolved with a FWHM diameter of approximately 20 mas (~ 20 AU). The most remarkable feature in our image is a bright extended and very clumpy structure pointing away from the central source in exactly the same direction as the blue-shifted CO outflow lobe. A centro-symmetric pattern of high polarization in this feature suggests that we see scattered light from the central source. We interprete this feature as the clumpy inner surface of a partially evacuated cavity in the circumstellar envelope around IRS1, which has been excavated by the strong outflow from IRS1.
dc.descriptionAccepted for Astronomy & Astrophysics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009456
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009456
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/2294
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDiffraction-limited bispectrum speckle interferometry and speckle polarimetry of the young bipolar outflow source S140 IRS1
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