# G5.89: An Explosive Outflow Powered by a Proto-Stellar Merger?

## TL;DR

This paper reports high-resolution observations of a potential explosive outflow in G5.89, supporting the idea that such energetic events are common in high-mass star formation and may be driven by stellar mergers.

## Contribution

It provides the first detailed high-resolution evidence of an explosive outflow in G5.89, adding to the known instances and suggesting these phenomena are frequent in star-forming regions.

## Key findings

- Discovery of six filament-like ejections with high velocities
- Filaments follow a Hubble-like velocity law
- Estimated age of outflow ~1000 years

## Abstract

The explosive outflows are a newly-discovered family of molecular outflows associated with high-mass star forming regions. Such energetic events are possibly powered by the release of gravitational energy related with the formation of a (proto)stellar merger or a close stellar binary. Here, we present sensitive and high angular resolution observations (0.85$''$) archival CO(J=3-2) observations carried out with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) of the high-mass star forming region G5.89$-$0.39 that reveal the possible presence of an explosive outflow. We find six well-defined and narrow straight filament-like ejections pointing back approximately to the center of an expanding molecular and ionized shell located at the center of this region. These high velocity ($-$120 to $+$100 km s$^{-1}$) filaments follow a Hubble-like velocity law with the radial velocities increasing with the projected distance. The estimated kinematical age of the filaments is about of 1000 yrs, a value similar to the dynamical age found for the expanding ionized shell. G5.89 is the thus the third explosive outflow reported in the galaxy (together with Orion BN-KL and DR21) and argues in favor of the idea that this is a frequent phenomenon. In particular, explosive outflows, in conjunction with runaway stars, demonstrate that dynamical interactions in such groups are a very important ingredient in star formation.