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Received on May 7 2007

Near-Infrared Polarization Images of The Orion Molecular Cloud 1 South Region

AuthorsJun Hashimoto (1), Motohide Tamura (1), Ryo Kandori (1), Nobuhiko Kusakabe (1), Yasushi Nakajima (1), Shuji Sato (2), Chie Nagashima (2), Mikio Kurita (2), Tetsuya Nagata (3), Takahiro Nagayama (3), and Jim Hough (4)
Affiliation(1) National Astronomical Observatory, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588
(2) Department of Astrophysics, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602
(3) Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
(4) Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield HERTS AL10 9AB, UK
Accepted byPublication of the ASJ
Contacthashmtjn@optik.mtk.nao.ac.jp
URLhttp://pigpen3.mtk.nao.ac.jp/~proA/omc_1s.pdf
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Abstract

We present the polarization images in the J, H, & Ks bands of the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 South region. The polarization images clearly show at least six infrared reflection nebulae (IRNe) which are barely seen or invisible in the intensity images. Our polarization vector images also identify the illuminating sources of the nebulae: IRN 1 & 2, IRN 3, 4, & 5, and IRN 6 are illuminated by three IR sources, Source 144-351, Source 145-356, and Source 136-355, respectively. Moreover, our polarization images suggest the candidate driving sources of the optical Herbig-Haro objects for the first time; HH529, a pair of HH202 and HH528 or HH 203/204, HH 530 and HH269 are originated from Source 144-351, Source 145-356, and Source 136-355, respectively.