Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, July 15-20, 2013

Poster 1B035

Orion BN/KL: A laboratory for high-mass star formation

GODDI, CIRIACO (JIVE)
GREENHILL, LINCOLN (CfA)
MATTHEWS, LYNN (MIT-Haystack)
HUMPHREYS, ELIZABETH (ESO)
NIEDERHOFER, FLORIAN (ESO)
VAIDYA, BHARGAV (UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS)
MOECKEL, NICKOLAS (MUNICH OBSERVATORY)
CHANDLER, CLAIRE (NRAO)

Abstract:
The details of how massive stars form are poorly known. Orion BN/KL is the closest known region with ongoing massive star formation, and hence offers unique chances for a detailed study and an excellent laboratory to test competing theories. In this poster, I illustrates highlights from a long-term study of the region based on a wealth of interferometric data from (E)VLA, VLBA, and ALMA, in particular: 1) a beautiful example of disk-mediated accretion and (magnetic) outflow recollimation in a high-mass protostar; 2) a dynamical model to explain the famous explosive BN/KL flow; 3) a new hypothesis for the excitation of the eponymous Orion Hot Core; 4) the effects of the complex (clustered) environment on an actively accreting massive protostar (and viceversa). This detailed study has enabled us not only to achieve a better understanding of Orion BN/KL but also to significantly advance our understanding of high-mass star formation.

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