Image Profile (IMPRO) Fitting of Massive Protostars. I. Method Development and Test Cases of Cepheus A and G35.20-0.74N

arXiv:2508.12625 · astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2025-08-18 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2025-08-18

Updated: 2026-09-21

Comments: Accepted to ApJ. Figures in the figure sets are appended in the arXiv version

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 65× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 9× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Turbulent Core Accretion — 1× in this paper

Sources

• The Formation of Massive Stars
• Setting the Stage for Planet Formation: Measurements and Implications of the Fundamental Disk Properties
• Gas infall via accretion disk feeding Cepheus A HW2
• Searching for the main powering outflow objects in Cepheus A East

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