Protostellar Outflows at the EarliesT Stages (POETS) VI. Evidence of disk-wind in G11.92-0.61 MM1

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Context. Magnetohydrodynamic disk-winds are thought to play a key role in the formation of massive stars by providing the fine-tuning between accretion and ejection, where excess angular momentum is redirected away from the disk, allowing further mass growth of a young protostar. However, only a limited number of disk-wind sources have been detected to date. To better constrain the exact mechanism of this phenomenon, expanding the sample is critical. Aims. We performed a detailed analysis of the disk-wind candidate G11.92-0.61 MM1 by estimating the physical parameters of the massive protostellar system and constraining the wind-launching mechanism. Methods. Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Band 6 observations of G11.92-0.61 MM1 were conducted in September 2021 with ALMA’s longest baselines, which provided a synthesised beam of ~30 mas. We obtained high-resolution images of the CH3CN (υ8=1 and υ=0), CH3OH, SO2, and SO molecular lines, as well as the 1.3 mm continuum. Results. Our high-resolution molecular data allowed us to refine the parameters of the disk-outflow system in MM1. The rotating disk is resolved into two regions with distinct kinematics: the inner region (<300 au) is traced by high-velocity emission of high-excitation CH3CN lines and shows a Keplerian rotation; the outer region (>300 au), traced by mid-velocity CH3CN emission, rotates in a sub-Keplerian regime. The central source is estimated to be ~20 M⊙, which is about half the mass estimated in previous lower-resolution studies. A strong collimated outflow is traced by SO and SO2 emission up to ~3400 au around MM1a. The SO and SO2 emissions show a rotation-dominated velocity pattern, a constant specific angular momentum, and a Keplerian profile that suggests a magneto-centrifugal disk-wind origin with launching radii of ~50–100 au. Conclusions. G11.92-0.61 MM1 appears to be one of the clearest cases of molecular line-traced disk-winds detected around massive protostars.